Palestine en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈpæləˌstaɪn/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpæləˌstiːn/
Etymology
From Middle English Palestyne, from Old English Palestina, from Latin Palaestīna (“Roman province of Palestine”), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē, “Philistia and the surrounding region”), from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”). The term P-l-s-t or P-r-s-t, found in five Ancient Egyptian inscriptions (beginning with one at Medinet Habu from circa 1170 BCE and ending with Padiiset's Statue inscription from circa 900-850 BCE) as the name of a people near Egypt, is traditionally taken to be cognate. Seven Assyrian inscriptions contain the word "Palas(h)tu" or "Pilistu", which is usually also taken to be cognate.
Meanings
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A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people.
Jews and Israel are not synonymous; nor is support for Palestine synonymous with anti-Semitism; nor is questioning the orthodoxy of the Republican party, which the majority of us do with relish, an insult to Jewry.
2019 July 17, Talia Levin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ:
- (qualifier:sometimes strictly) 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.
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(qualifier:historical or politically charged) The region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power.
2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:
- (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.
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(obsolete, since 1920) The Biblical Land of Israel, roughly corresponding to the northern part of modern-day Israel proper, the West Bank, and northwest Jordan.
Gad, in ancient geography, a district of Transjordan Palestine, situated between Gilead and the kingdom of Bashan on the north, and that of the Amorites to the south, having the Jordan to the west, and bounded by various nations on the east, so called from the tribe of that name.
1829, A London Encyclopaedia […], volume IX, London: Thomas Tegg, page 709, column 1:
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(obsolete, since 1920) Philistia, a region in the Levant inhabited by the ancient Philistines.
In the west, moreover, as we have seen, he crushed Damascus, and forced Phenicia, Edom, the kingdom of Israel, and "Palestine" or Philistia, to continue the tribute they had agreed to pay Shalmaneser II.
1882, [John] Cunningham Geikie, Hours With the Bible, or, The Scriptures in the Light of Modern Discovery and Knowledge, third edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 184:
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in St. Francis County, Arkansas.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A community in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Crawford County, Illinois.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Woodford County, Illinois.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Brookville Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An extinct town in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Story County, Iowa.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Cooper County, Missouri.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Darke County, Ohio.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Anderson County, Texas, United States.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ 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).
Forms
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| Palæstine | alternative, archaic | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Palestinology · Palestinophile · Little Palestine · West Palestine · Isratine · Syria-Palestine · inter-Palestine · Fakestine · East Palestine · Eastern Palestine · Palestino- · New Palestine · Palestinism · Palestinian · Western Palestine
Descendants
Relateds
Palestinian Sign Language · un-Palestinian · Palestinianism · Judea · Palestinianness · Palestine sunbird · Philistine · Palestinianisation · Levant · Palestinianist · Zion
Synonyms
Canaan (the region) · Israel (the region) · Falasteen · the Holy Land (the region) · State of Palestine · Palaestina (Roman or Byzantine province) · the Land of Israel (the region)
Translations (311)
syc ܦܠܣܛܝܢ (geographic region) · io Palestina (geographic region) · ro Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · cmn 巴勒斯坦 (geographic region) · hi फ़िलीस्तीन (historical: Roman province) · vi Pa-le-xtin (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · hak 巴勒斯坦 (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · oc Palestina (geographic region) · be Палесці́на (historical: former British entity) · lo ປາເລດໄຕ (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · nn Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · pt Palestina (geographic region) · az Fələstin (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · sh Palestína (geographic region) · bn ফিলিস্তিন (geographic region) · es Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · pl Palestyna (historical: former British Mandate) · af Palestina (geographic region) · pl Palestyna (geographic region) · hi फ़िलिस्तीन (geographic region) · ha Falasdinu (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ru Палести́на (historical: Roman province) · is Palestína (geographic region) · fy Palestina (geographic region) · la Palēstīna (geographic region) · mt Il-Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · aii ܦܲܠܸܣܛܝܼܢܵܐ (historical: former British Mandate) · hy Պաղեստին (geographic region) · be Палесты́на (geographic region) · mer Palestin (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ko 팔레스티나 (historical: former British Mandate) · bn প্যালেস্টাইন (historical: Roman province) · ur پَلَسْطِین (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ar فِلَسْطِين (geographic region) · ru Палести́на (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · bg Палести́на (geographic region) · cmn 巴勒斯坦 (historical: former British Mandate) · hy Պաղեստին (historical: former British entity) · hu Palesztina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · nan-hbl 巴勒斯坦 (geographic region) · th ปาเลสไตน์ (geographic region) · nn Palestina (geographic region) · bar Palästina (geographic region) · lv Palestīna (geographic region) · lv Palestīna (historical: former British entity) · pt Palestina (historical: former British Mandate) · ug پەلەستىن (geographic region) · ka პალესტინა (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · el Παλαιστίνη (historical: former British Mandate) · sh Palestína (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · fy Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ja パレスチナ (historical: former British Mandate) · tg Фаластин (geographic region) · vi Pa-le-xtin (geographic region) · nl Palestina (historical: former British entity) · uz Falastin (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ar فِلَسْطِين (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · km ប៉ាឡេស្ទីន (geographic region) · luy Palestini (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · be Палесты́на (historical: Roman province) · gcf Palestinn (geographic region) · de Palästina (geographic region) · ti ፍልስጤም (geographic region) · lt Palestina (geographic region) · ca Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ro Statul Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · bn প্যালেস্টাইন (historical: former British entity) · nl Palestina (historical: former British Mandate) · kmr Filistîn (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · it Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · fa-ira فِلِسْطین (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · yue 巴勒斯坦 (historical: former British entity) · hi फ़िलस्तीन (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · kk Палестина (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · el Παλαιστίνη (geographic region) · ps فلسطين (geographic region) · tg Фаластин (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · bn প্যালেস্টাইন (historical: former British Mandate) · ja パレスチナ (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · kln Palestin (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · fa-ira فِلِسْطین (geographic region) · aii ܦ̮ܵܠܵܣܛܝܼܢ (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · mk Палести́на (geographic region) · ms Palestin (geographic region) · nv Péléstain (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · my ပါလက်စတိုင်း (geographic region) · ar فِلَسْطِين (historical: former British entity) · ar فِلَسْطِين (historical: former British Mandate) · he פָלַסְטִין (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · hi फ़लस्तीन (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · fa-ira فِلِسْطین (historical: former British Mandate) · bn ফিলিস্তিন (historical: former British entity) · bn ফিলিস্তিন (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · sh Палести́на (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · lv Palestīna (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ckb فلستین (geographic region) · co Palistina (geographic region) · sh Палести́на (geographic region) · el Παλαιστίνη (historical: former British entity) · mn Палестин (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · sl Palestína (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · el Παλαιστίνη (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · fr Palestine (historical: former British Mandate) · nan-hbl 巴勒斯坦 (historical: former British entity) · haw Palesetine (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · eo Palestino (historical: Roman province) · hi फ़िलिस्तीन (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · hy Պաղեստին (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · he פָלַסְטִין (historical: former British entity) · gcf Palestinn (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · kam Palestin (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · my ပါလက်စတိုင်း (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · az Фәләстин (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · am ፓለስታይን (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · uk Палести́на (historical: former British entity) · mi Parihitini (geographic region) · he פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (geographic region) · sq Palestinë (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · be Палесці́на (historical: Roman province) · uz Falastin (geographic region) · ko 팔레스티나 (historical: former British entity) · et Palestiina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · gl Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ms Palestin (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · cs Palestina (historical: former British entity) · mi Paratinia (geographic region) · uk Палести́на (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · vo Palästinän (historical: former British entity) · ml പലസ്തീന് (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · th ปาเลสไตน์ (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · hi पेलेस्टाइन (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ary فلسطين (geographic region) · eo Palestino (geographic region) · pl Palestyna (historical: former British entity) · tk Palestina (geographic region) · vi Pa-lét-xtin (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ga Palaistíne (geographic region) · sq Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ca Palestina (historical: former British Mandate) · ab Палестина (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · os Палестинӕ (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · pt Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · sk Palestína (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · co Palestina (geographic region) · luo Palestin (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · hak 巴勒斯坦 (historical: former British entity) · gl Palestina (geographic region) · ro Palestina (historical: Roman province) · scn Palistina (geographic region) · vo Palästinän (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · fr Palestine (geographic region) · tl Palestina (geographic region) · ja パレスチナ (geographic region) · vo Palästinän (geographic region) · ja パレスチナ (historical: former British entity) · hi फ़िलस्तीन (geographic region) · grc Παλαιστίνη (historical: Roman province) · ps فلسطين (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · hi फ़िलीस्तीन (geographic region) · haw Palesetine (geographic region) · ro Palestina (geographic region) · yi די שטחים (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · eo Palestino (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · yue 巴勒斯坦 (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · te పాలస్తీనా (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · hy Պաղեստին (historical: former British Mandate) · ajp فلسطين (geographic region) · yue 巴勒斯坦 (geographic region) · mk Палести́на (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · yi פּאַלעסטינע (historical: former British entity) · gcr Palestin (geographic region) · prs فَلَسْطِین (historical: former British entity) · sq Palestina (geographic region) · fi Palestiina (historical: former British entity) · ko 팔레스티나 (geographic region) · sw Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · it Palestina (historical: former British entity) · ajp فلسطين (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · pt Palestina (historical: Roman province) · az Fələstin (geographic region) · ru Палести́на (historical: former British Mandate) · aii ܦܲܠܸܣܛܝܼܢܵܐ (historical: former British entity) · fr Palestine (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · br Palestina (geographic region) · tr Filistin (geographic region) · tl Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · nl Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · be Палесці́на (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · lv Palestīna (historical: Roman province) · lo ປາເລດໄຕ (geographic region) · bg Палести́на (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ug پەلەستىن (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ky Палестина (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · da Palæstina (historical: former British Mandate) · hi फ़िलिस्तीन (historical: Roman province) · he מדינה פלסטינית (geographic region) · nrf Palestîn (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · be Палесты́на (historical: former British entity) · la Palaestīna (geographic region) · be Палесці́на (geographic region) · da Palæstina (historical: former British entity) · uk Палести́на (geographic region) · fi Palestiina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · cs Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · nan-hbl 巴勒斯坦 (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · cs Palestina (historical: former British Mandate) · sk Palestína (geographic region) · da Palæstina (geographic region) · mi Paratinia (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · wuu 巴勒斯坦 (geographic region) · pa ਫ਼ਲਸਤੀਨ (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · be Палесты́на (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · tt Палестина (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · hy Պալեստինա (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ky Палестина (geographic region) · fr Palestine (historical: former British entity) · io Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · dz པེ་ལིསི་ཊི་ན། (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · sw Palestina (geographic region) · lt Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · bn ফিলিস্তিন (historical: former British Mandate) · kn ಪ್ಯಾಲೆಸ್ಟೈನ್ (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ro Mandatul Palestinei (historical: former British Mandate) · km ប៉ាឡេស្ទីន (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · si පලස්තීනය (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ur فِلِسْطِین (geographic region) · ga an Phalaistín (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ml പലസ്തീൻ (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · lo ປາເລດສະຕິນ (geographic region) · he פָלַסְטִין (historical: former British Mandate) · prs فَلَسْطِین (geographic region) · cs Palestina (geographic region) · ast Palestina (geographic region) · cmn 巴勒斯坦 (historical: former British entity) · eo Palestino (historical: former British entity) · fa-ira فِلِسْطین (historical: former British entity) · hi फ़िलस्तीन (historical: Roman province) · ta பாலஸ்தீனம் (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ko 팔레스타인 (historical: former British entity) · hi फ़लस्तीन (historical: Roman province) · hak 巴勒斯坦 (geographic region) · sl Palestína (geographic region) · et Palestiina (geographic region) · fi Palestiina (historical: former British Mandate) · grc Παλαιστίνη (geographic region) · bn প্যালেস্টাইন (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ur فِلِسْطِین (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · uz Фаластин (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ru Палести́на (geographic region) · it Palestina (geographic region) · da Palæstina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · tt Фәлистыйн (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ru Палести́на (historical: former British entity) · is Palestína (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · am ፍልስጥኤም (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · prs فَلَسْطِین (historical: former British Mandate) · prs فَلَسْطِین (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · nb Palestina (geographic region) · ota فلسطین (geographic region) · ga Palaistín (geographic region) · fi Palestiina (historical: Roman province) · la Palaestīna (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · mk Палести́на (historical: former British entity) · ti ፍልስጤም (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · nb Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · hi फ़िलीस्तीन (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · vo Palästinän (historical: former British Mandate) · uk Палести́на (historical: Roman province) · af Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · id Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · acw فلسطين (geographic region) · nl Palestina (geographic region) · vi Pa-lét-xtin (geographic region) · ast Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ki Palestin (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · kmr Filistîn (geographic region) · ko 팔레스티나 (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · el Παλαιστίνη (historical: Roman province) · sv Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ha Palasɗinu (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · la Palaestīna (historical: Roman province) · fi Palestiina (geographic region) · bn প্যালেস্টাইন (geographic region) · pt Palestina (historical: former British entity) · kk Палестина (geographic region) · sc Palestina (geographic region) · mn Палестин (geographic region) · sq Palestinë (geographic region) · cmn 巴勒斯坦 (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ro Palestina (historical: former British entity) · hi फ़लस्तीन (geographic region) · nl Palestijnse Gebieden (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · mk Палести́на (historical: former British Mandate) · ota فلسطین (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ko 팔레스타인 (geographic region) · ca Palestina (historical: former British entity) · cy Palesteina (geographic region) · ko 팔레스타인 (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · ka პალესტინა (geographic region) · ca Palestina (geographic region) · pa ਫਿਲੀਸਤੀਨ (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · eo Palestino (historical: former British Mandate) · tr Filistin (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · tk Palestina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · bn ফিলিস্তিন (historical: Roman province) · ht Palestìn (geographic region) · wa Palestene (geographic region) · de Palästina (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · yi פּאַלעסטינע (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) · aii ܦܲܠܸܣܛܝܼܢܵܐ (geographic region) · pl Palestyna (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively)
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