English noun: intifadah | |||
1. | intifadah (act) an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000 | ||
Samples | The first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993. | ||
Synonyms | intifada | ||
Broader (hypernym) | insurrection, rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising | ||