The Roman term for what is now Israel; the name used by the British during World War II to denote the area they held under a League of Nations mandate.

from Latin Palestina (name of a Roman province), from Greek Palaistine (Herodotus), from Hebrew Pelesheth "Philistia, land of the Philistines." Revived as an official political territorial n [..]

Palestine [N]originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines ( Exodus 15:14 ; Isaiah 14:29 Isaiah 14:31 ; Joel 3:4 ), and in this sense exclusively the Hebrew [..]

region in the Middle East now occupied by Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

A modern state that embodies the dreams and hopes of Palestinians throughout history. Some people claim that Palestine is a contemporary political fiction created in the 19th century, but arguments li [..]

the name for the Land of Israel, introduced first by Greeks and Romans, and in general use in the years of the Jewish exile from the Land of Israel. Palmah (abbreviation for hebrew "Plugot Mahatz [..]

originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines (Ex. 15:14; Isa. 14:29, 31; Joel 3:4), and in this sense exclusively the Hebrew name Pelesheth (rendered " [..]

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(n) a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948(n) an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a [..]

classically a garnish of Jerusalem artichokes.

Map of Palestine (Howard Morland / Wikimedia)

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