Palestinian
//pæl.əˈstɪn.i.ən// adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An inhabitant of Palestine or someone descending from that area.
"فقال لي الأستاذ أنت مصري قلت لا بل فلسطيني"
- 2 a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.
"Halaby […] accompanied the curators on their trip through the Middle East to collect the artwork of over 20 Palestinian artists."
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants wordnet
Example
More examples"I spent a week with a Palestinian family from Gaza."
Etymology
From Palestine + -ian.
Related phrases
More for "palestinian"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.