Palistina

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Palistina f

  1. Palestine (The region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)
  2. Palestine (A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)
  3. (historical, technical) Palestine (a British colonial entity administering approximately the lands mentioned in definition 1)
  4. (historical, technical, rare) Palestine (the British League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, of which this region was a part (the remainder being Transjordan, which covered approximately the lands of the modern Kingdom (originally Emirate) of Jordan))