Fatah
name
name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
"Many Gazans scorn Fatah as corrupt and incompetent, and they dislike Hamas's overzealousness and repression."
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More examples"Many Gazans scorn Fatah as corrupt and incompetent, and they dislike Hamas's overzealousness and repression."
Etymology
From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ), a reverse acronym (meaning literally "conquest, victory or an outcome") for حَرَكَة اَلتَّحْرِير اَلْوَطَنِيّ اَلْفِلَسْطِينِيّ (ḥaraka(t) at-taḥrīr al-waṭaniyy al-filasṭīniyy, “Palestinian National Liberation Movement”).