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Palestine¹
- /ˈpæləˌstaɪn/
- /ˈpæləˌstiːn/
Where it comes from
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.
proper noun Palæstine
- 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.
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The West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Similar: State of Palestine, Falasteen
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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
Similar: Canaan, the Holy Land, Israel, the Land of Israel
- A British colonial entity administering approximately the lands mentioned in definition 1.
- 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).
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Any of four Ancient Roman and Byzantine provinces in the eastern Mediterranean: Syria Palaestina, Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda and Palaestina Salutaris.
Similar: Palaestina
- 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.
- 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.
- A town in St. Francis County, Arkansas.
- A community in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- A village in Crawford County, Illinois.
- A township in Woodford County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Brookville Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
- An extinct town in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana.
- A township in Story County, Iowa.
- A township in Cooper County, Missouri.
- A village in Darke County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Anderson County, Texas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
- 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).
Palestine²
- /ˈpæləˌstaɪn/
- /ˈpæləˌstiːn/
Where it comes from
From Latin Palaestinus, from Ancient Greek Παλαιστινὸς (Palaistinòs). Cognate with Middle French palestin, Palestin.
noun Palestines · Palæstine
- A Philistine. The Paleſtines aſſailing the Hebrewes, are overcome by them in battell.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: canaan, holy land, transjordan, constantinople, palestinian, syria, pakistan, plo, pna, bus, buses, kmb, palestinians, palaestina, philistia, judea
Translations
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name geographic region
| 한국어 | 팔레스타인 Palleseutain |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | パレスチナ Paresuchina |
| 中文 | 巴勒斯坦 Bālèsītǎn |
| हिन्दी | फ़िलिस्तीन filistīn, फ़िलस्तीन filastīn, फ़लस्तीन falastīn, फ़िलीस्तीन filīstīn |
| Kiswahili | Palestina |
| Português | Palestina |
| Français | Palestine |
| Deutsch | Palästina |
| Italiano | Palestina |
| Ελληνικά | Παλαιστίνη Palaistíni |
| Română | Palestina |
| Русский | Палести́на Palestína |
| Tiếng Việt | Pa-lét-xtin, Pa-le-xtin |
| العربية | فِلَسْطِين filasṭīn |
| עברית | פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה palestína, מדינה פלסטינית |
name historical: former British entity
| 한국어 | 팔레스타인 Palleseutain |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | パレスチナ Paresuchina |
| 中文 | 巴勒斯坦 Bālèsītǎn |
| Português | Palestina |
| Français | Palestine |
| Italiano | Palestina |
| Ελληνικά | Παλαιστίνη Palaistíni |
| Română | Palestina |
| Русский | Палести́на Palestína |
| العربية | فِلَسْطِين filasṭīn |
| עברית | פָלַסְטִין falastín |
name West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively
| Español | Palestina |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 팔레스타인 Palleseutain |
| 日本語 | パレスチナ Paresuchina |
| 中文 | 巴勒斯坦 Bālèsītǎn |
| हिन्दी | फ़िलस्तीन filastīn, पेलेस्टाइन pelesṭāin, फ़िलिस्तीन filistīn, फ़लस्तीन falastīn, फ़िलीस्तीन filīstīn |
| Kiswahili | Palestina |
| Português | Palestina |
| Français | Palestine |
| Deutsch | Palästina |
| Italiano | Palestina |
| Ελληνικά | Παλαιστίνη Palaistíni |
| Română | Palestina, Statul Palestina |
| Русский | Палести́на Palestína |
| Tiếng Việt | Pa-lét-xtin, Pa-le-xtin |
| العربية | فِلَسْطِين filasṭīn |
| עברית | פָלַסְטִין falastín |
name historical: former British Mandate
| 한국어 | 팔레스티나 Palleseutina |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | パレスチナ Paresuchina |
| 中文 | 巴勒斯坦 Bālèsītǎn |
| Português | Palestina |
| Français | Palestine |
| Ελληνικά | Παλαιστίνη Palaistíni |
| Română | Mandatul Palestinei |
| Русский | Палести́на Palestína |
| العربية | فِلَسْطِين filasṭīn |
| עברית | פָלַסְטִין falastín |
name historical: Roman province
| हिन्दी | फ़िलिस्तीन filistīn, फ़िलस्तीन filastīn, फ़लस्तीन falastīn, फ़िलीस्तीन filīstīn |
|---|---|
| Português | Palestina |
| Ελληνικά | Παλαιστίνη Palaistíni |
| Română | Palestina |
| Русский | Палести́на Palestína |
Talk about this word "Palestine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/palestine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Palestine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/palestine "Palestine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/palestine.Cite this
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title = {Palestine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/palestine},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
