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Jenin

  • /dʒəˈniːn/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic جنين (jinīn).

proper noun

  1. A city, the capital of Jenin governorate, West Bank, Palestine. Israel has launched a major aerial and ground offensive into the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, its biggest military operation in the Palestinian territory in years, in what it described as an “extensive counter-terrorism effort”.
  2. A governorate of the West Bank, Palestine.

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name city in the West Bank

EspañolYenín
中文傑寧 /杰宁 Jiéníng
हिन्दीजेनिन jenin
FrançaisJénine
DeutschDschenin
العربيةجِنِين jinīn
עבריתגֶּ׳נִין jenín

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"Jenin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jenin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Jenin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jenin

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"Jenin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jenin.

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@misc{jenin_2026,
  title = {Jenin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jenin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}