פלשתינה
Hebrew
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Palaestīna (“Palestine”), with conscious retention of the consonants in פְּלֶשֶׁת (pléshet, “Philistia”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /palesˈtina/
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Noun
editפָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה • (palestína) f
- Palestine (a region of Western Asia between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River) (especially pre-1948)
See also
edit- פָלַסְטִין (falastín, “Palestine, post-1948”)
- אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל (éretz yisra'él, “the Land of Israel”)
- פלשתינה א"י (palestína áy, “Palestine-Eretz Yisrael, the pre-1948 Zionist community”)