Jenin

//dʒəˈniːn// name

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  1. 1
    A city, the capital of Jenin governorate, West Bank, Palestine.

    "Israel has launched a major aerial and ground offensive into the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, its biggest military operation in the Palestinian territory in years, in what it described as an “extensive counter-terrorism effort”."

  2. 2
    A governorate of the West Bank, Palestine.

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"The airforce was used to bomb the city of Jenin."

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جنين (jinīn).

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