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The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homeland and the Diaspora, to end their displacement and to realize their rights, some of them forced to take refuge more than once in different places of the world.
Mahmoud Abbas

Meaning of "Palestine" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PALESTINE

Palestine  [ˈpælɪˌstaɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PALESTINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Palestine is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PALESTINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Palestine

Palestine

Palestine is a geographic region in Western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is sometimes considered to include adjoining territories. The name was used by Ancient Greek writers, and was later used for the Roman province Syria Palaestina, the Byzantine Palaestina Prima and the Umayyad and Abbasid province of Jund Filastin. The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land, the Southern Levant, Cisjordan, and historically has been known by other names including Canaan, Southern Syria and Jerusalem. Situated at a strategic location between Egypt, Syria and Arabia, and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity, the region has a long and tumultuous history as a crossroads for religion, culture, commerce, and politics. The region has been controlled by numerous different peoples, including Ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Israelites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Ancient Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, the Sunni Arab Caliphates, the Shia Fatimid Caliphate, Crusaders, Ayyubids, Mameluks, Ottomans, the British and modern Israelis and Palestinians.

Definition of Palestine in the English dictionary

The first definition of Palestine in the dictionary is Also called: the Holy Land, Canaan. the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea in which most of the biblical narrative is located. Other definition of Palestine is the province of the Roman Empire in this region. Palestine is also the former British mandatory territory created by the League of Nations in 1922, and including all of the present territories of Israel and Jordan between whom it was partitioned by the UN in 1948.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PALESTINE


amethystine
ˌæmɪˈθɪstaɪn
argentine
ˈɑːdʒənˌtaɪn
Bernstein
ˈbɜːnstaɪn
Einstein
ˈaɪnstaɪn
Eisenstein
ˈaɪzənˌstaɪn
Epstein
ˈɛpstaɪn
Frankenstein
ˈfræŋkɪnˌstaɪn
Holstein
ˈhəʊlstaɪn
laurustine
ˈlɔːrəˌstaɪn
Lichtenstein
ˈlɪktənˌstaɪn
Liechtenstein
ˈlɪktənˌstaɪn
Milstein
ˈmɪlstaɪn
Philistine
ˈfɪlɪˌstaɪn
pristine
ˈprɪstaɪn
Rubinstein
ˈruːbɪnˌstaɪn
stein
staɪn
Stine
staɪn
tine
taɪn
Tyne
taɪn
valentine
ˈvælənˌtaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PALESTINE

Paleozoic
paleozoological
Palermo
Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestinian
Palestinian Administered Territories
Palestinian Autonomous Areas
Palestinian National Authority
palestra
palestrae
palestral
Palestrina
paletot
palette
palette knife
palette knives
palewise
Paley

WORDS THAT END LIKE PALESTINE

asbestine
Augustine
celestine
clandestine
cystine
destine
forestine
hydrastine
intestine
langoustine
large intestine
nicotine
nonclandestine
predestine
Saint Augustine
sestine
Sistine
small intestine
vinblastine
vincristine

Synonyms and antonyms of Palestine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Palestine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PALESTINE

Find out the translation of Palestine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Palestine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Palestine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

巴勒斯坦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Palestina
570 millions of speakers

English

Palestine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फिलिस्तीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فِلِسْطِيـنُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Палестина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Palestina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যালেস্টাইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Palestine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Palestin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Palästina
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パレスチナ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

팔레스타인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Palestina
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nước Palestine
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாலஸ்தீனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅलेस्टाईन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Filistin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Palestina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Palestyna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Палестина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Palestina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Παλαιστίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Palestina
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Palestina
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Palestina
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Palestine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PALESTINE»

The term «Palestine» is very widely used and occupies the 11.422 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Palestine
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Palestine».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PALESTINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Palestine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Palestine» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Palestine

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «PALESTINE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Palestine.
1
Mahmoud Abbas
The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homeland and the Diaspora, to end their displacement and to realize their rights, some of them forced to take refuge more than once in different places of the world.
2
Mahmoud Abbas
Here, I declare that the Palestine Liberation Organization is ready to return immediately to the negotiating table on the basis of the adopted terms of reference based on international legitimacy and a complete cessation of settlement activities.
3
Mahmoud Abbas
The PLO and the Palestinian people adhere to the renouncement of violence and rejection and condemning of terrorism in all its forms, especially State terrorism, and adhere to all agreements signed between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel.
4
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.
5
Bashar al-Assad
Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.
6
Yasser Arafat
The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.
7
Yasser Arafat
Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.
8
Yasser Arafat
In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.
9
Ami Ayalon
You can't ignore reality. You won't wake up one morning and find that the Arabs of Umm al-Faham have become part of Palestine and are no longer in Israel.
10
Abdallah II of Jordan
Mr. President, prime ministers, let us have ambitions: ambitions to move beyond the violence and occupation, to the day when two states, Palestine and Israel, can live together side by side in peace and security.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALESTINE»

Discover the use of Palestine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Palestine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Palestine
In late l991 and early 1992, at the time of the first Intifada, Joe Sacco spent two months with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, travelling and taking notes.
Joe Sacco, 2003
2
Palestine
The only practical guide to traveling in Palestine and Palestinian communities in Israel.
Sarah Irving, 2011
3
Fast Times in Palestine: A Love Affair with a Homeless Homeland
Fast Times in Palestine is Olson’s powerful, deeply moving account of life in Palestine--both the daily events that are universal to us all (house parties, concerts, barbecues, and weddings) as well as the violence, trauma, and political ...
Pamela Olson, 2013
4
Palestine
Against the odds and orders, he is determined to set off his bomb remotely and survive. The traumas and tragedies of historic Palestine are impacting every twist and turn in the countdown to detonation. www.palestinethebook.com
Jonathan Bloomfield, 2010
5
One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British ...
A panoramic history of Palestine under the British mandate chronicles a turbulent thirty-year history, from 1917 to 1948, that set the stage for the conflict between Arabs and Jews that still haunts the region today, profiling the key ...
Tom Segev, 2001
6
The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948
The updated 2008 second edition of The War for Palestine presents the genesis of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Eugene L. Rogan, Avi Shlaim, 2007
7
Palestine
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
John Kitto, 2008
8
Jewish Literacy in Roman Palestine
Since Judaism has always been seen as the quintessential 'religion of the book', a high literacy rate amongst ancient Jews has usually been taken for granted.
Catherine Hezser, 2001
9
A History of Palestine, 634-1099
Based on an impressive array of sources including documents from the Cairo Geniza collection, the author examines the lives of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities of Palestine against a background of the political and military ...
Moshe Gil, 1997
10
Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation
In Palestine Inside Out, Saree Makdisi draws on eye-opening statistics, academic histories, UN reports, and contemporary journalism to reveal how the “peace process” institutionalized Palestinians’ loss of control over their inner and ...
Saree Makdisi, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALESTINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Palestine is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Labor factions come together on Palestine
The ALP has reached a compromise between differing views on the Palestine question in a move that could see Australia recognising a ... «9news.com.au, Jul 15»
2
'Holy Land' tour brochure banned after Palestine border dispute
“She considered that as part of the Pilgrimage was based in the State of Palestine/West Bank, it was important that such borders were featured. «thejournal.ie, Jul 15»
3
ALP conference 2015: same-sex marriage conscience vote for two …
The first was on Palestine. ... the right in Queensland to vote with the left on the recognition of Palestine undercut a carefully calibrated deal on ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Susiya's struggle lays bare Israel's colonial agenda for Palestine
Frantz Fanon, the influential Afro-Caribbean postcolonial theorist, would have been 90 years old this month. His prescient critiques of ... «The National, Jul 15»
5
The War on Conspiracy Realists Continues
By Brandon Martinez Intifada-Palestine.com. Do you believe that governments occasionally conspire to undermine the public good? Do you ... «Intifada Palestine, Jul 15»
6
Jewel of Palestine
The imposing Renaissance Revival building with a shiny silver dome strategically rests on top of the hill overlooking downtown Palestine, like ... «Tyler Morning Telegraph, Jul 15»
7
East Palestine Liquor Stop
The East Palestine Liquor Stop, LLC at 55042 East Martin St., East Palestine, owned by John and Anna Doss opened June 4. It is a liquor store ... «Morning Journal News, Jul 15»
8
Jordan, Palestine discuss health cooperation
He said Jordan has been and will remain the closest to Palestine, both at grassroots and leadership levels, stressing the full support of the ... «Petra News Agency, Jul 15»
9
Fund Shortage May Force UNRWA to Delay Start of School Year in …
“Education lies at the very heart of the identity and dignity of Palestine refugees and of what UNRWA stands for,” he said, adding that, “Possible ... «WAFA - Palestine News Agency, Jul 15»
10
President Pranab Mukherjee to visit Israel, Palestine from October 9th
Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is also scheduled to visit Israel, Jordan and Palestine this year but the dates have not yet ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Palestine [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/palestine>. Apr 2024 ».
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