. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
you have here. The definition of the word
will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Asturian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Palestina f
Palestine
Basque
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pales̺tina/
Rhymes: -ina
Hyphenation: Pa‧les‧ti‧na
Proper noun
Palestina inan
Palestine (a historical region and province of the Roman Empire in the Levant , Asia )
Palestine , State of Palestine (a country in the Levant , Asia )
Synonym: Palestinako Estatua
Declension
Declension of Palestina (inanimate, ending in -a )
Derived terms
See also
(countries of Asia ) Asiako herrialdeak ; Afganistan , Arabiar Emirerri Batuak , Armenia , Azerbaidjan , Bangladesh , Bahrain , Bhutan , Birmania , Brunei , Ekialdeko Timor , Errusia , Filipinak , Georgia , Hego Korea , India , Indonesia , Ipar Korea , Iran , Irak , Israel , Japonia , Jordania , Kanbodia , Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Kuwait , Laos , Libano , Malaysia , Maldivas , Mongolia , Nepal , Oman , Pakistan , Palestina , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Singapur , Siria , Sri Lanka , Tadjikistan , Taiwan , Thailandia , Turkia , Turkmenistan , Txina , Uzbekistan , Vietnam , Yemen , Zipre ,
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Palestina f
Palestine (a historical region and province of the Roman Empire in the Levant , Asia )
Palestine , State of Palestine (a country in the Levant , Asia )
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Palestina
Palestine (a country in Asia )
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Palestina
Palestine (a country in Asia )
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Palestina f (related adjective palestinský , demonym Palestinec )
Palestine
Declension
Declension of Palestina (sg-only hard feminine )
Further reading
“Palestina ”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
“Palestina ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“Palestina ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Palaestīna .
(Nijkerk ) First attested as Palestina in 1843. Named after the region in the Middle East. Originally the name of a farm.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌpaː.lɛsˈti.naː/
Hyphenation: Pa‧les‧ti‧na
Proper noun
Palestina n
Palestine ( political entity )
Synonym: Palestijnse Gebieden
Palestine ( region in the southern Levant, covering modern-day Palestine and Israel )
( historical ) Roman Palestine ( province of the Roman Empire )
A hamlet in Nijkerk , Gelderland , Netherlands
Derived terms
References
van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018 ) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Palestina ( “ Palestine ” ) , from Latin Palaestīna ( “ Roman province of Palestine ” ) , from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη ( Palaistínē , “ Philistia and the surrounding region ” ) , from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת ( p'léshet , “ Philistia, land of the Philistines ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pa.lɛs.ˈti.na/
Rhymes: -na
Hyphenation: Pa‧lés‧ti‧na
Proper noun
Paléstina (plural duplication )
Palestine (a country in Asia )
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pa.leˈsti.na/
Rhymes: -ina
Hyphenation: Pa‧le‧stì‧na
Etymology 1
From Latin Palaestina .
Proper noun
Palestina f
Palestine
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French Palestine .
Noun
Palestina f (invariable )
a large size of type standardized as 24 points
Anagrams
Lithuanian
Proper noun
Palestina f
Palestine (a country in Asia )
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Palestina
Palestine
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Palestina
Palestine
Occitan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Palestina f
Palestine (a historical region and province of the Roman Empire in the Levant , Asia )
Palestine , State of Palestine (a country in the Levant , Asia )
Synonym: Estat de Palestina
Old English
Etymology
From Latin Palaestīna ( “ Roman province of Palestine ” ) , from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη ( Palaistínē , “ Philistia and the surrounding region ” ) , from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת ( p'léshet , “ Philistia, land of the Philistines ” ) .
Proper noun
Palestīna m
Palestine
Descendants
Portuguese
Palestina
Etymology
From Latin Palaestīna ( “ Roman province of Palestine ” ) , from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη ( Palaistínē ) , from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת ( p'léshet , “ Philistia, land of the Philistines ” ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Palestina f
Palaestina (a historical region and province of the Roman Empire in the Levant , Asia )
Palestine , State of Palestine (a country in the Levant , Asia )
A municipality of São Paulo , Brazil
Meronyms
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin Palaestīna ( “ Roman province of Palestine ” ) , from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη ( Palaistínē ) , from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת ( p'léshet , “ Philistia, land of the Philistines ” ) .
Proper noun
Palestina f
Palestine
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /palestǐːna/
Hyphenation: Pa‧le‧sti‧na
Proper noun
Palestína f (Cyrillic spelling Палести́на )
Palestine
Declension
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Palestȋna f
Palestine
Inflection
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /palesˈtina/
Rhymes: -ina
Syllabification: Pa‧les‧ti‧na
Proper noun
Palestina f
Palestine
A town in Caldas , Colombia .
A town in Huila , Colombia .
A town in Guayas , Ecuador .
Derived terms
Swahili
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Palestina
Palestine ( region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River )
2018 November 14, “Mzozo wa Palestina na Israel: watatiza Baraza la Usalama”, in BBC Swahili :Balozi wa Palestina katika Umoja wa Mataifa Riyad Mansour ameilaumu Marekani kwa kuwa pingamizi. The ambassador from Palestine to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, has blamed the US for being an obstruction.
Swedish
Proper noun
Palestina n (genitive Palestinas )
Palestine
Derived terms
References
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish Palestina , from Latin Palaestīna , from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη ( Palaistínē ) , from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת ( p'léshet , “ Philistia, land of the Philistines ” ) .
Proper noun
Palestina (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ )
Palestine
1919 , M. Ibo Alfaro, Rosendo Ignacio, Ang Búhay ay pagibig Volume 6 :...mayaman, ay namatay sa Habana nang nakaraang tagaraw, sa sakit na dibdib. Ang mamumuhunang ito'y iniwang magmamana sa kanya ang binatang konde ng Sokoro, na dumating kagabi sa Londres, matapos makapaglibot sa Palestina at doon tutuloy sa kanyang palasyo sa Rusell Square. (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish palestina .
Noun
Palestina (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ )
female equivalent of Palestino : female Palestinian
Further reading
“Palestina ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018