NOUN | act | intifada, intifadah | an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000 |
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Sounds | ih.ntihfaa'dah | |
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Rhymes | ADA ... Wajda: 58 rhymes with dah... |
Meaning | An uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000. | |
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Example | "the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993" | |
Synonym | intifadah | |
Broader | rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising | organized opposition to authority |
Spanish | intifada | |
Catalan | intifada |
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