English
Etymology
Palestine + -ian
Pronunciation
Adjective
Palestinian (comparative more Palestinian , superlative most Palestinian )
Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.
Usage notes
Prior to 1948, "Palestinian" was used in reference to the whole area known at that time as Palestine before the establishment of the State of Israel . For example, today’s English‐language Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post was called The Palestine Post under the British Mandate of Palestine ; also the Palestinian Orchestra was a Jewish orchestra.
Synonyms
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to Palestine and/or the Palestinian people
of, from, or pertaining to Palestine
of, from, or pertaining to a Palestinian or Palestinians
Noun
Palestinian (plural Palestinians )
An inhabitant of Palestine or an Arab descending from that area.
An inhabitant of the West Bank and Gaza Strip , legally governed by the Palestinian National Authority .
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
inhabitant of Palestine or Arab of Palestinian descent
Arabic: فِلَسْطِينِيّ m ( filasṭīniyy ) , فِلَسْطِينِيَّة f ( filasṭīniyya )
Bulgarian: палестинец m ( palestinec ) , палестинка f ( palestinka )
Catalan: palestí (ca) m , palestinenc (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴勒斯坦人 (zh) ( Bālèsītǎn-rén )
Czech: Palestinec m , Palestinka f
Danish: palæstinenser c
Dutch: Palestijns (nl) m , Palestijnse (nl)
Esperanto: palestinano ( man or woman ) , palestinanino ( woman )
Estonian: palestiinlane
Finnish: palestiinalainen (fi)
French: Palestinien (fr) m , Palestinienne (fr) f
German: Palästinenser (de) m , Palästinenserin f
Greek: Παλαιστίνιος (el) m ( Palaistínios ) , Παλαιστίνια f ( Palaistínia )
Hebrew: פלסטיני
Hindi: फ़िलिस्तीनी m ( filistīnī ) , फ़लस्तीनी m ( falastīnī )
Hungarian: palesztin (hu)
Ido: Palestinano (io)
Italian: palestinese (it) m or f
Japanese: パレスチナ人 ( Paresuchina-jin )
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Latvian: palestīnietis m , palestīniete f
Lithuanian: palestinietis m
Macedonian: Палести́нец m ( Palestínec ) , Палести́нка f ( Palestínka )
Malay: orang Palestin
Norwegian:
Bokmål: palestiner m
Nynorsk: palestinar m
Polish: Palestyńczyk (pl) m , Palestynka (pl) f
Portuguese: palestino (pt) m , palestina (pt) f
Romanian: palestinian (ro) m , palestiniană (ro) f
Russian: палести́нец (ru) m ( palestínec ) , палести́нка (ru) ( palestínka )
Slovak: Palestínec m , Palestínka f
Slovene: Palestinec (sl) m , Palestinka f
Spanish: palestino (es) m , palestina (es) f
Swedish: palestinier (sv) m , palestinska (sv) f
Turkish: Filistinli (tr)
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) Palästinänan , ( ♂ ) hi-Palästinänan , ( ♀ ) ji-Palästinänan , ( collective ♂♀ ) Palästinänanef , ( collective ♂ ) hi-Palästinänanef , ( collective ♀ ) ji-Palästinänanef
Yiddish: פּאַלעסטינער m ( palestiner )