noun
1. a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948 (Freq. 4)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Palestinian
• Members of this Region:
↑al-Fatah, ↑Fatah, ↑al-Asifa, ↑Al Nathir, ↑Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, ↑DFLP, ↑Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, ↑PDFLP, ↑Fatah Revolutionary Council, ↑Fatah-RC, ↑Abu Nidal Organization, ↑ANO, ↑Arab Revolutionary Brigades, ↑Black September, ↑Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims, ↑Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar, ↑Umar al-Mukhtar Forces, ↑Palestine Islamic Jihad, ↑Palestinian Islamic Jihad, ↑PIJ, ↑Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini, ↑Palestinian Hizballah, ↑Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, ↑PFLP, ↑Palestine Liberation Organization, ↑PLO
2. an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
• Syn: ↑Canaan, ↑Holy Land, ↑Promised Land
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Palestinian
• Members of this Region: ↑chebab
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region
• Part Holonyms: ↑Asia
• Part Meronyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.