Falasteen

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Falasteen

/fələˈstiːn/

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Transliteration of South Levantine Arabic فلسطين (falasṭīn), from Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē). Doublet of Palestine and Philistine.

proper noun Falastin · Filasteen · Filastin · Filistin

Palestine (a country in Western Asia)

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@misc{falasteen_2026,
  title = {Falasteen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/falasteen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}