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palestine
/ˈpæləˌstaɪn/
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What does palestine mean?
proper noun
- A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people.
- The West Bank and Gaza Strip.
- The region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
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proper noun
- A town in St. Francis County, Arkansas.
- A community in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- A village in Crawford County, Illinois.
- A township in Woodford County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Brookville Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
- An extinct town in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana.
- A township in Story County, Iowa.
- A township in Cooper County, Missouri.
- A village in Darke County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Anderson County, Texas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.
- A community in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
- A village in Over Wallop parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2640).
- (historical) A British colonial entity administering approximately the lands mentioned in definition 1.
- (historical, rare) The British League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, of which this region was a part (the remainder being Transjordan, which covered approximately the lands of the modern Kingdom (originally Emirate) of Jordan).
- (historical) Any of four Ancient Roman and Byzantine provinces in the eastern Mediterranean: Syria Palaestina, Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda and Palaestina Salutaris.
- (obsolete) The Biblical Land of Israel, roughly corresponding to the northern part of modern-day Israel proper, the West Bank, and northwest Jordan.
- (obsolete) Philistia, a region in the Levant inhabited by the ancient Philistines.
noun
- (archaic, obsolete) A Philistine.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpæləˌstaɪn/
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See this word in context.
I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip.
Thousands of pilgrims annually visited Palestine in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, to purchase pretended relics for the home market.
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Herodotus, the father of profane history, relates that he, himself, has seen stones in Palestine erected by the Conqueror, and recording his achievements.
“But it will be her especial pleasure,” answered Elgitha, with great readiness, “for she is ever desirous to hear the latest news from Palestine.”
A far greater number of writers hold that it was after their arrival in Palestine that the Hebrew patriarchs came into contact with Babylonian culture.