Falasteen

//fələˈstiːn// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Palestine (a country in Western Asia)

Etymology

Transliteration of South Levantine Arabic فلسطين (falasṭīn), from Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē). Doublet of Palestine and Philistine.

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