Palestine

  1. Proper noun.  The West Bank and Gaza Strip, taken collectively; that is, the parts occupied by Israel and those under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority.
  2. Proper noun.  (geography) The region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
  3. Proper noun.  (historical) The Roman province Palestina.
  4. Proper noun.  (historical, technical) A British colonial entity administering approximately the lands of modern State of Israel plus the West Bank and Gaza Strip; the lands administered by this entity.
  5. Proper noun.  (historical, technical) 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).

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