English > Palestine: 2 senses > noun 1, location| Meaning | A former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948. |
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| Instance of | mandate, mandatory | A territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves |
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| Region of | Al Nathir | A Palestinian terrorist organization formed in 2002 and linked to Fatah movement of Yasser Arafat |
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| Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, DFLP, Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, PDFLP | A Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change |
| Fatah Revolutionary Council, Fatah-RC, Abu Nidal Organization, ANO, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims | A Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974 |
| Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar, Umar al-Mukhtar Forces | A little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis |
| Palestine Islamic Jihad, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini | A militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel |
| Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO | A political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine |
| Palestinian Hizballah | A little known Palestinian group comprised of members of Hamas and Tanzim with suspected ties to the Lebanese Hizballah |
| Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, PFLP | A terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War |
| al-Fatah, Fatah, al-Asifa | A Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state |
| Spanish | Palestina |
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| Catalan | Palestina |
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| Adjectives | Palestinian | of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants |
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English > Palestine: 2 senses > noun 2, location| Meaning | An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism. |
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| Synonyms | Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land |
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| Instance of | geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region | A demarcated area of the Earth |
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| Part of | Asia | The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population |
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| Parts | Jordan, Jordan River | A river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea |
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| Judah, Juda | An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center |
| Judea, Judaea | The southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah |
| Philistia | An ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt |
| Samaria | An ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel |
| Region of | chebab | A Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis |
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| Spanish | Canaan, Canaán, Tierra Santa |
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| Catalan | Canaà, Canaan, Terra Santa |
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| Adjectives | Palestinian | of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants |
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