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Palestine definition

Pal·es·tine (pal′əs tīn′)

  1. historical region in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean comprising parts of modern Israel, Jordan, & Egypt
  2. British mandated territory in this region, west of the Jordan River, from 1923 to the establishment of the state of Israel (1948) according to the United Nations partition plan (1947)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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