Jenin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جنين (jinīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒəˈniːn/

Proper noun

Jenin

1. A city, the capital of Jenin governorate, West Bank, Palestine.
   • 2023 July 3, Bethan McKernan, Peter Beaumont, “Israel attacks Jenin in biggest West Bank incursion in 20 years”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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. A governorate of the West Bank, Palestine.

Translations

city in the West Bank

• Arabic: جِنِين f (jinīn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傑寧／杰宁 (Jiéníng)

• French: Jénine (fr) f
• German: Dschenin (de)
• Hebrew: גֶּ׳נִין (jenín)
• Hindi: जेनिन m (jenin)
• Spanish: Yenín
• Urdu: جِنِین (jinīn)

Anagrams

• Injen, Jenni