Definition of "Palestine"

Palestine

/ˈpæləˌstaɪn/

proper noun
1. The region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
  Quotations
  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.
  2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents‎, number Summer 2019
2. A partly-recognized country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the West Bank and Gaza Strip, taken collectively, with or without other territorial claims, especially if considered to be (the site of) the State of Palestine.
  Quotations
  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.
  2019 July 17, Talia Levin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ‎
3. The territory of the current State of Israel, West Bank and Gaza Strip combined, the homeland of the Palestinian people.
4. (historical, technical) A British colonial entity administering approximately the lands mentioned in definition 3.
5. (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).
6. (historical) Any of four Ancient Roman and Byzantine provinces in the eastern Mediterranean: Syria Palaestina, Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda and Palaestina Salutaris.
7. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A town in St. Francis County, Arkansas.
  2. A community in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  3. A village in Crawford County, Illinois.
  4. A township in Woodford County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community in Brookville Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
  6. An unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
  7. An extinct town in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana.
  8. A township in Story County, Iowa.
  9. A township in Cooper County, Missouri.
  10. A village in Darke County, Ohio.
  11. A city, the county seat of Anderson County, Texas, United States.
  12. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
  13. An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.
8. A community in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
9. A village in Over Wallop parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2640).