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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Israelian en · ADJ
Etymology
From Israel + -ian, in the historical sense coined by American Jewish theologian Harold Louis Ginsberg in 1982 in contrast to Israelite.
Mostly used by non-native speakers of English, instead of the standard word Israeli.
Meanings
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(historical, not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the northern kingdom of ancient Israel, its people, or their language.
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(nonstandard, not-comparable, rare) Israeli.
Israelian en · NOUN
Etymology
From Israel + -ian, in the historical sense coined by American Jewish theologian Harold Louis Ginsberg in 1982 in contrast to Israelite.
Mostly used by non-native speakers of English, instead of the standard word Israeli.
Meanings
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(historical, rare) A person from the northern kingdom of ancient Israel.
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(nonstandard, rare) An Israeli.
Forms
Relateds
Israel · Israeli · Israelite