Palestine (n.)

  1. a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948

    [ Syn: palestine ]

  2. an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism

    [ Syn: palestine , canaan , holy land , promised land ]

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