palestine
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1. an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism (noun.location)
part holonym | : | juda, judah, |
definition | : | an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | judaea, judea, |
definition | : | the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | samaria, |
definition | : | an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | philistia, |
definition | : | an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | jordan, jordan river, |
definition | : | a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan (noun.object) |
part meronym | : | asia, |
definition | : | the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations (noun.object) |
domain member region | : | chebab, |
definition | : | a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis (noun.person) |
2. a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948 (noun.location)
instance hypernym | : | mandate, mandatory, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
domain member region | : | al-asifa, al-fatah, fatah, |
definition | : | a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | al nathir, |
definition | : | a Palestinian terrorist organization formed in 2002 and linked to Fatah movement of Yasser Arafat (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | forces of umar al-mukhtar, umar al-mukhtar forces, |
definition | : | a little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis; seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, and Golan Heights (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | palestinian hizballah, |
definition | : | a little known Palestinian group comprised of members of Hamas and Tanzim with suspected ties to the Lebanese Hizballah; responsible for suicide bombings in Israel (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | pflp, popular front for the liberation of palestine, |
definition | : | a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | palestine liberation organization, plo, |
definition | : | a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority (noun.group) |
3. an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism (noun.location)
derivation | : | palestinian, palestinian, |
definition | : | of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | palestinian, palestinian, |
definition | : | of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants (adj.pert) |
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