Syria-Palestine

English Proper noun Syria-Palestine en Q81483en A <<cultural region>> of <<r/Western Asia>> consisting of the eastern Mediterranean countries, i.e. Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus; the Levant. en Levant Greater Syria Usage notes Not to be confused with Syria Palaestina, a Roman province encompassing only a small part of "Syria-Palestine". Sometimes preferred over the "colonial" term en Levant and the potentially irredentist-sounding en Greater Syria. Derived terms en Syro-Palestinian Translations land in and around the eastern Mediterranean Sea Akkadian: akk 𒆳𒂊𒄵𒀀𒇉 Eber-Nāri Arabic: ar بِلَاد الشَّامِ f, ar الشَّام m Aramaic: Imperial: arc 𐡏𐡁𐡓 𐡍𐡄𐡓𐡄 Jewish: arc עֲבַר נַהֲרָא ʿăḇar nāhārâ Bengali: bn শাম Egyptian: rṯnw m r:T:n-nw:N25 Greek: el Συρο-Παλαιστίνη Hebrew: he עֲבַר נַהֲרָה ʿăḇar nāhārâ Hindi: hi शाम Hungarian: hu Levant Malay: ms Syam Persian: fa شام šâm Tajik: tg Шом Turkish: tr Levant Urdu: ur شام śām Uzbek: uz Shom Vietnamese: vi