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Western Palestine en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, since 1920) A region located in the area between the Jordan river and the Mediterranean sea (Cisjordan), usually contrasted with Eastern Palestine (Transjordan).
    • Another striking peculiarity of the land beyond Jordan is its fine water supply as contrasted with Western Palestine, especially with the upper lands of Judæa. 1883, Claude Reignier Conder, Heth and Moab: Explorations in Syria in 1881 and 1882, Richard Bentley and Son, page 123:

Synonyms

West Palestine