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intifada

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, shaking off, uprising, insurrection).

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intifada (plural intifadas)

  1. An insurrection; a usually violent attempt to take control of a government.
  2. An uprising, resistant struggle, or rebellious protest.
    1. (often capitalized) The Palestinian uprisings against Israel.
      • 2021 May 11, Thomas L. Friedman, “Israelis, Palestinians and Their Neighbors Worry: Is This the Big One?”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
        But unlike the Intifadas that began in 1987 and 2000, when Israel had someone to call to try to turn it off, there is no Palestinian on the other end of the phone this time []

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, shaking off, uprising, insurrection).

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intifada f (plural intifadas)

  1. intifada

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, shaking off, uprising, insurrection).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.tiˈfa.da/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Hyphenation: in‧ti‧fà‧da

Noun

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intifada f (plural intifade)

  1. intifada

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.tiˈfa.da/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: in‧ti‧fa‧da

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intifada f

  1. (Islam, politics) intifada (uprising, resistant struggle or rebellious protest, especially the Palestinian uprisings against Israel)
    Hypernyms: insurekcja, powstanie

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Further reading

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  • intifada in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • intifada in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, shaking off, uprising, insurrection).

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intifada f (plural intifadas)

  1. intifada (insurrection by Palestinians against Israel)

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, shaking off, uprising, insurrection).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /intiˈfada/ [ĩn̪.t̪iˈfa.ð̞a]
  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: in‧ti‧fa‧da

Noun

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intifada f (plural intifadas)

  1. intifada (insurrection by Palestinians against Israel)

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