Neuter
Palestina
Meaning
- (neuter) Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)
- (neuter) Palestine (region in the southern Levant, covering modern-day Palestine and Israel)
- (historical, neuter) Roman Palestine (province of the Roman Empire)
- (neuter) a hamlet in Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands
Synonyms
Palestijnse gebieden
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌpaː.lɛsˈti.naː/
Etymology
In summary
* Borrowed from Latin Palaestīna. * (Nijkerk) First attested as Palestina in 1843. Named after the region in the Middle East. Originally the name of a farm.
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