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English noun: Palestine

1. Palestine (location) a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948


Instance hypernymmandate, mandatory


Domain region membersAbu Nidal Organization, Al Nathir, al-Asifa, al-Fatah, ANO, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, DFLP, Fatah, Fatah Revolutionary Council, Fatah-RC, Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini, Palestine Islamic Jihad, Palestine Liberation Organization, Palestinian Hizballah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PDFLP, PFLP, PIJ, PLO, Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims, Umar al-Mukhtar Forces

2. Palestine (location) an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism


SynonymsCanaan, Holy Land, Promised Land


Instance hypernymgeographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region


Part holonymJordan, Jordan River, Juda, Judaea, Judah, Judea, Philistia, Samaria


Part meronymAsia


Domain region memberschebab









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