Palestine

English vertical Flag of Palestine.svg The flag of Palestine State_of_Palestine_(orthographic_projection).svg A map of the State of Palestine Palestine from 720 BC to the exile of Judah (Smith, 1915).jpg A map of ancient Palestine (en biblical) Israel Byzantine 5c.jpg Byzantine Syria Palaestina 1 Palestine Pound 1939 Obverse.jpg A 1939 one Palestine pound note Palestine AR 002.jpg The city of Palestine, Arkansas Alternative forms en Palæstine archaic Pronunciation en /ˈpæləˌstaɪn/ en /ˈpæləˌstiːn/ chiefly U.S. place names en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Palestine.wav Southern England Etymology 1 From en enm Palestyne, from en ang Palestina, from en la Palaestīna Roman province of Palestine, from en grc Παλαιστίνη Philistia and the surrounding region, from en he פְּלֶשֶׁת Philistia, land of the Philistines p'léshet.Martin Sicker, Reshaping Palestine (1999, 0275966399, page ix: The name Palestine has its origin in the Hebrew Peleshet, first mentioned in the Bible (Exodus 15:14) in reference to the land of the Pelishtim, or Philistines, one group of the Sea Peoples that invaded the region during the early biblical period. The term P-l-s-t or P-r-s-t, found in five Ancient egy - inscriptions (beginning with one at Medinet Habu from circa 1170 and ending with Padiiset's Statue inscription from circa 900-850 ) as the name of a people near Egypt, is traditionally taken to be cognate.Geoffrey W. Bromiley, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, volume 4 (1995, 0802837840, page 43Ann E. Killebrew, The Philistines and Other “Sea Peoples” in Text and Archaeology (2013) Seven Assyrian inscriptions contain the word "Palas(h)tu" or "Pilistu", which is usually also taken to be cognate.Gösta W. Ahlström, The History of Ancient Palestine from the Palaeolithic Period to Alexander's ConquestThe Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Levant: c. 8000-332 BCE (2014, 0191662550, The first Assyrian reference to 'palashtu' or 'Philistia' appears in Adad-nirari III's inscriptions where, in the Stone Slab, he claims to have subdued Amurru in its entirety, defining it as, 'Tyre, Siden, Humri (Israel), Edom, Palashtu, as far as the great sea of the setting sun', and imposed tax and tribute upon them (Grayson 1996: 212–13). Proper noun en Q219060en A <<country>> in <<r/Western Asia>>, in the <<r/Middle East>>; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people. en GQ When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield Talia Levin 2019-7-17 https://www.gq.com/story/anti-semitism-political-shield Jews and Israel are not synonymous; nor is support for Palestine synonymous with anti-Semitism; nor is questioning the orthodoxy of the Republican party, which the majority of us do with relish, an insult to Jewry. https://web.archive.org/web/20260823120230/https://www.gq.com/story/anti-semitism-political-shield 23 August 2026 en sometimes narrowly The West Bank and Gaza Strip. en Q23792en historical or politically charged see usage notes en The <<region>> in <<r/Western Asia>> in the <<r/Middle East>> between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. en Jewish Currents The Jewish Case for Open Borders Greg Afinogenov https://jewishcurrents.org/the-jewish-case-for-open-borders/ 2019-7-15 Summer 2019 Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power. https://web.archive.org/web/20251027063846/https://jewishcurrents.org/the-jewish-case-for-open-borders 27 October 2025 en Q193714 en historical technical A British colonial entity administering approximately the lands mentioned in definition 1. en Q4970316 en historical technical rare The British League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, of which this region was a part (the remainder being Transjordan, which covered approximately the lands of the modern Kingdom (originally Emirate) of Jordan). en historical Any of four en Ancient Roman and en Byzantine provinces in the eastern Mediterranean: en Syria Palaestina, en Palaestina Prima, en Palaestina Secunda and en Palaestina Salutaris. en biblical en obsolete _ since 1920 The Biblical Land of Israel, roughly corresponding to the northern part of modern-day Israel proper, the West Bank, and northwest Jordan. en 1829 A London Encyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge: Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams IX London w:Thomas Tegg https://archive.org/details/londonencyclopae09curt/ 709 https://archive.org/details/londonencyclopae09curt/page/709/mode/1up 1 Gad, in ancient geography, a district of Transjordan Palestine, situated between Gilead and the kingdom of Bashan on the north, and that of the Amorites to the south, having the Jordan to the west, and bounded by various nations on the east, so called from the tribe of that name. en obsolete _ since 1920 Philistia, a region in the Levant inhabited by the ancient Philistines. en John Cunningham Geikie 1882 Hours With the Bible, or, The Scriptures in the Light of Modern Discovery and Knowledge third London w:Hodder and Stoughton https://archive.org/details/hourswithbibleor04geik_0/ 184 https://archive.org/details/hourswithbibleor04geik_0/page/184/mode/1up In the west, moreover, as we have seen, he crushed Damascus, and forced Phenicia, Edom, the kingdom of Israel, and "Palestine" or Philistia, to continue the tribute they had agreed to pay Shalmaneser II. en number of places c/USA: en town co/St. Francis County s/Arkansas. en community town/Newtown co/Fairfield County s/Connecticut. en village co/Crawford County s/Illinois. en twp co/Woodford County s/Illinois. en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Brookville co/Franklin County s/Indiana. en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Harrison co/Kosciusko County s/Indiana. en extinct town twp:Suf/Shawswick co/Lawrence County s/Indiana. en twp co/Story County s/Iowa. en twp co/Cooper County s/Missouri. en village co/Darke County s/Ohio. en city/county seat co/Anderson County s/Texas c/USA. en unincorporated community co/Greenbrier County s/West Virginia. en unincorporated community co/Wirt County s/West Virginia. en community in the city:Pref/Kawartha Lakes p/Ontario c/Canada. en village par/Over Wallop dist/Test Valley co/Hampshire cc/England OS grid ref SU2640. Usage notes region Synonyms the region en Canaan, the Holy Land, Israel, the Land of Israel Roman or Byzantine province en Palaestina country en State of Palestine, rare en Falasteen Derived terms en East Palestine<qq:Ohio> Little Palestine New Palestine Palestinian Fakestine<ll:offensive> Syria-Palestine inter-Palestine Isratine Palestinism Palestino- Palestinology Palestinophile Eastern Palestine West Palestine Western Palestine Related terms en Palestinianism Palestinianist un-Palestinian Palestinianisation Palestine sunbird Palestinianness Palestinian Sign Language Philistine Descendants 1 ko ^팔레스타인 1 ms Palestin 1 cy Palesteina Translations geographic region Afrikaans: af Palestina n Albanian: sq Palestina f, sq Palestinë f indefinite Antillean Creole: gcf Palestinn f Arabic: ar فِلَسْطِين f Hijazi Arabic: acw فلسطين f falasṭīn Moroccan Arabic: ary فلسطين f filisṭīn South Levantine Arabic: ajp فلسطين f falasṭīn Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܦܲܠܸܣܛܝܼܢܵܐ pālistīna Classical Syriac: syc ܦܠܣܛܝܢ Armenian: hy Պաղեստին Asturian: ast Palestina Azerbaijani: az Fələstin Belarusian: be Палесці́на f, be Палесты́на f Taraškievica Bengali: bn ফিলিস্তিন, bn প্যালেস্টাইন Breton: br Palestina f Bulgarian: bg Палести́на f Burmese: my ပါလက်စတိုင်း Catalan: ca Palestina f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 巴勒斯坦 baa1 lak6 si1 taan2 Hakka: hak 巴勒斯坦 Pâ-le̍t-sṳ̂-thán Hokkien: nan-hbl 巴勒斯坦 Pa-le̍k-su-thán Mandarin: cmn 巴勒斯坦 Wu: wuu 巴勒斯坦 Corsican: co Palestina f, co Palistina f Czech: cs Palestina f Danish: da Palæstina n Dutch: nl Palestina n Esperanto: eo Palestino Estonian: et Palestiina Finnish: fi Palestiina French: fr Palestine f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Palestina n Galician: gl Palestina Georgian: ka პალესტინა German: de Palästina n Bavarian: bar Palästina n Greek: el Παλαιστίνη f Ancient Greek: grc Παλαιστίνη f Guianese Creole: gcr Palestin Haitian Creole: ht Palestìn f Hawaiian: haw Palesetine Hebrew: he פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה f palestína, he מדינה פלסטינית f Hindi: hi फ़िलिस्तीन m, hi फ़िलस्तीन m, hi फ़लस्तीन m, hi फ़िलीस्तीन m Icelandic: is Palestína f Ido: io Palestina Irish: ga Palaistín f, ga Palaistíne f Italian: it Palestina f Japanese: ja パレスチナ Paresuchina Kazakh: kk Палестина Khmer: km ប៉ាឡេស្ទីន Korean: ko ^팔레스타인, ko ^팔레스티나 North Korea Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb فلستین f Northern Kurdish: kmr Filistîn f Kyrgyz: ky Палестина Lao: lo ປາເລດໄຕ, lo ປາເລດສະຕິນ Latin: la Palaestīna f, la Palēstīna f Latvian: lv Palestīna f Lithuanian: lt Palestina f Macedonian: mk Палести́на f Malay: ms Palestin Māori: mi Parihitini, mi Paratinia Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Палестин Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Palestina n Nynorsk: nn Palestina n Occitan: oc Palestina f Pashto: ps فلسطين m falastin Persian: Dari: prs فَلَسْطِین Iranian Persian: fa-ira فِلِسْطین Polish: pl Palestyna f Portuguese: pt Palestina f Romanian: ro Palestina f Russian: ru Палести́на f Sardinian: sc Palestina f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Палести́на f Latin: sh Palestína f Sicilian: scn Palistina f Slovak: sk Palestína f Slovene: sl Palestína f Swahili: sw Palestina Tagalog: tl Palestina Tajik: tg Фаластин Thai: th ปาเลสไตน์ Tigrinya: ti ፍልስጤም Turkish: tr Filistin Ottoman Turkish: ota فلسطین felestin Turkmen: tk Palestina Ukrainian: uk Палести́на f Urdu: ur فِلِسْطِین m Uyghur: ug پەلەستىن Uzbek: uz Falastin Vietnamese: vi Pa-lét-xtin, vi Pa-le-xtin Volapük: vo Palästinän Walloon: wa Palestene f Welsh: cy Palesteina f Yiddish: yi West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively Abkhaz: ab Палестина Afrikaans: af Palestina Albanian: sq Palestina, sq Palestinë f indefinite Amharic: am ፓለስታይን, am ፍልስጥኤም Antillean Creole: gcf Palestinn f Arabic: ar فِلَسْطِين f South Levantine Arabic: ajp فلسطين falasṭīn Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܦ̮ܵܠܵܣܛܝܼܢ falastīn Armenian: hy Պաղեստին, hy Պալեստինա Asturian: ast Palestina Azerbaijani: az Fələstin Cyrillic: az Фәләстин Belarusian: be Палесці́на f, be Палесты́на f Taraškievica Bengali: bn ফিলিস্তিন, bn প্যালেস্টাইন Bulgarian: bg Палести́на f Burmese: my ပါလက်စတိုင်း Catalan: ca Palestina f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 巴勒斯坦 Hakka: hak 巴勒斯坦 Pâ-le̍t-sṳ̂-thán Hokkien: nan-hbl 巴勒斯坦 Pa-le̍k-su-thán Mandarin: cmn 巴勒斯坦 Czech: cs Palestina f Danish: da Palæstina n Dutch: nl Palestina n, nl Palestijnse Gebieden p Dzongkha: dz པེ་ལིསི་ཊི་ན པེ་ལིསི་ཊི་ན། Esperanto: eo Palestino Estonian: et Palestiina Finnish: fi Palestiina French: fr Palestine f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Palestina n Galician: gl Palestina Georgian: ka პალესტინა German: de Palästina n Greek: el Παλαιστίνη f Hausa: ha Palasɗinu, ha Falasdinu Hawaiian: haw Palesetine Hebrew: he פָלַסְטִין f falastín Hindi: hi फ़िलस्तीन m, hi पेलेस्टाइन m, hi फ़िलिस्तीन m, hi फ़लस्तीन m, hi फ़िलीस्तीन m Hungarian: hu Palesztina Icelandic: is Palestína f Ido: io Palestina Indonesian: id Palestina Irish: ga Palaistín f an Phalaistín Italian: it Palestina Japanese: ja パレスチナ Paresuchina Kalenjin: kln Palestin Kamba: kam Palestin Kannada: kn ಪ್ಯಾಲೆಸ್ಟೈನ್ Kazakh: kk Палестина Khmer: km ប៉ាឡេស្ទីន Kikuyu: ki Palestin Korean: ko ^팔레스타인, ko ^팔레스티나 North Korea Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Filistîn Kyrgyz: ky Палестина Lao: lo ປາເລດໄຕ Latin: la Palaestīna f Latvian: lv Palestīna f Lithuanian: lt Palestina f Luhya: luy Palestini Luo: luo Palestin Macedonian: mk Палести́на f Malay: ms Palestin Malayalam: ml പലസ്തീന്, ml പലസ്തീൻ Maltese: mt Palestina Il-Palestina f Māori: mi Paratinia Meru: mer Palestin Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Палестин Navajo: nv Péléstain Norman: nrf Palestîn m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Palestina n Nynorsk: nn Palestina n Ossetian: os Палестинӕ Pashto: ps فلسطين m falastin Persian: Dari: prs فَلَسْطِین Iranian Persian: fa-ira فِلِسْطین Polish: pl Palestyna f Portuguese: pt Palestina f Punjabi: pa ਫਿਲੀਸਤੀਨ, pa ਫ਼ਲਸਤੀਨ Romanian: ro Palestina f, ro Statul Palestina n Russian: ru Палести́на f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Палести́на f Latin: sh Palestína f Sinhalese: si පලස්‍තීනය Slovak: sk Palestína f Slovene: sl Palestína f Spanish: es Palestina f Swahili: sw Palestina Swedish: sv Palestina Tagalog: tl Palestina n Tajik: tg Фаластин Tamil: ta பாலஸ்தீனம் Tatar: tt Фәлистыйн, tt Палестина Telugu: te పాలస్తీనా Thai: th ปาเลสไตน์ Tigrinya: ti ፍልስጤም Turkish: tr Filistin Ottoman Turkish: ota فلسطین felestin Turkmen: tk Palestina Ukrainian: uk Палести́на f Urdu: ur فِلِسْطِین m, ur پَلَسْطِین m Uyghur: ug پەلەستىن Uzbek: uz Falastin Cyrillic: uz Фаластин Vietnamese: vi Pa-lét-xtin, vi Pa-le-xtin Volapük: vo Palästinän Yiddish: yi פּאַלעסטינע, yi די שטחים di shtokhim historical: Roman province Belarusian: be Палесці́на f, be Палесты́на f Taraškievica Bengali: bn ফিলিস্তিন, bn প্যালেস্টাইন Esperanto: eo Palestino Finnish: fi Palestiina Greek: el Παλαιστίνη f Ancient Greek: grc Παλαιστίνη f Hindi: hi फ़िलिस्तीन m, hi फ़िलस्तीन m, hi फ़लस्तीन m, hi फ़िलीस्तीन m Latin: la Palaestīna f Latvian: lv Palestīna f Portuguese: pt Palestina f Romanian: ro Palestina f Russian: ru Палести́на f Ukrainian: uk Палести́на f historical: former British entity Arabic: ar فِلَسْطِين f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܦܲܠܸܣܛܝܼܢܵܐ pālistīna Armenian: hy Պաղեստին Belarusian: be Палесці́на f, be Палесты́на f Taraškievica Bengali: bn ফিলিস্তিন, bn প্যালেস্টাইন Catalan: ca Palestina f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 巴勒斯坦 Hakka: hak 巴勒斯坦 Pâ-le̍t-sṳ̂-thán Hokkien: nan-hbl 巴勒斯坦 Pa-le̍k-su-thán Mandarin: cmn 巴勒斯坦 Czech: cs Palestina f Danish: da Palæstina Dutch: nl Palestina Esperanto: eo Palestino Finnish: fi Palestiina French: fr Palestine f Greek: el Παλαιστίνη f Hebrew: he פלשתינה (א״י) f palestína (E.Y.), he פָלַסְטִין f falastín Italian: it Palestina Japanese: ja パレスチナ Paresuchina Korean: ko ^팔레스타인, ko ^팔레스티나 North Korea Latvian: lv Palestīna f Macedonian: mk Палести́на f Persian: Dari: prs فَلَسْطِین Iranian Persian: fa-ira فِلِسْطین Polish: pl Palestyna f Portuguese: pt Palestina f Romanian: ro Palestina f Russian: ru Палести́на f Ukrainian: uk Палести́на f Volapük: vo Palästinän Yiddish: yi פּאַלעסטינע f historical: former British Mandate Arabic: ar فِلَسْطِين f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܦܲܠܸܣܛܝܼܢܵܐ pālistīna Armenian: hy Պաղեստին Bengali: bn ফিলিস্তিন, bn প্যালেস্টাইন Catalan: ca Palestina f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 巴勒斯坦 Czech: cs Palestina f Danish: da Palæstina Dutch: nl Palestina Esperanto: eo Palestino Finnish: fi Palestiina French: fr Palestine f Greek: el Παλαιστίνη f Hebrew: he פָלַסְטִין f falastín Japanese: ja パレスチナ Paresuchina Korean: ko ^팔레스티나 Macedonian: mk Палести́на f Persian: Dari: prs فَلَسْطِین Iranian Persian: fa-ira فِلِسْطین Polish: pl Palestyna f Portuguese: pt Palestina f Romanian: ro Mandatul Palestinei n Russian: ru Палести́на f Volapük: vo Palästinän Breton: br Palestina Hebrew: he פלשתין falastin Biblical Hebrew: he פְּלֶשֶׁת p'leshet Pre-1948: he פלשתינה palestina Interlingua: ia Palestina Sicilian: scn Palistina f See also en Levant en Zion, en Judea References Etymology 2 From en la Palaestinus, from en grc Παλαιστινὸς. Cognate with frm palestin, frm Palestin. Noun s en archaic or obsolete A Philistine. en 1602 The Famous and Memorable Workes of Ioſephus https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Famous_and_Memorable_Workes/T99BAQAAMAAJ 127 The Paleſtines aſſailing the Hebrewes, are overcome by them in battell. en 1791 The Holy Bible https://books.google.com/books?id=kwyWWb4o4n0C 24 […] Iſaac went to Abimelech king of the Paleſtines to Gerara. en 1794 Romances, Tales and Smaller Pieces of M. de Voltaire https://books.google.com/books?id=34Y_NyNsZBYC 289 The Paleſtines, by extraordinary uſury, at fifty per cent. had poſſeſſed themſelves of almoſt all the riches of the country. Translations Philistine, Palestinian Philistine Palestinian Further reading Anagrams en aeeilnpst antisleep penalties tapelines French Alternative forms fr Palæstine obsolete Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Palestine.wav <<France>> (<<Brétigny-sur-Orge>>) Proper noun f fr region r/Western Asia in the r/Middle East Palestine fr a <<country>> in <<r/Western Asia>>, in the <<r/Middle East>> Palestine Derived terms fr Palestinien m fr palestinien Noun f - fr printing dated double pica large size of type standardized as 24 points Descendants nl Palestine 1 it Palestina 1 Anagrams fr patelines, fr pénalités, fr penalties