Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
West Bank. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
West Bank, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
West Bank in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
West Bank you have here. The definition of the word
West Bank will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
West Bank, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
Calque of Arabic الضِّفَّة الْغَرْبِيَّة (aḍ-ḍiffa(t) al-ḡarbiyya, literally “the west bank”), so called due to its location relative to the Jordan River.
Proper noun
the West Bank
- A Palestinian territory on the west bank of the Jordan river, claimed by and under the partial administration of State of Palestine, and illegally occupied by Israel.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
- Smaller than Delaware, packed with 2.7 million people, the core of a proposed future Palestinian state, the occupied West Bank is partitioned by the Oslo Accords into zones of Palestinian and Israeli control.
Meronyms
Holonyms
Descendants
Translations
territory
- Afrikaans: Wesoewer
- Albanian: Bregu Perëndimor m (definite)
- Arabic: الضِّفَّة الْغَرْبِيَّة f (aḍ-ḍiffa l-ḡarbiyya)
- Aragonese: Cischordania f
- Armenian: Հորդանան գետի արևմտյան ափ (Hordanan geti arewmtyan apʻ)
- Asturian: Cixordania f
- Azerbaijani: İordan çayının qərb sahili
- Basque: Zisjordania
- Belarusian: Захо́дні бе́раг ракі́ Іарда́н m (Zaxódni bjérah rakí Iardán), Захо́дні бе́раг m (Zaxódni bjérah)
- Bengali: পশ্চিম তীর (pościm tir)
- Breton: Sisjordania f
- Bulgarian: За́паден бряг m (Západen brjag)
- Burmese: အနောက်ဘက်ကမ်း (a.naukbhakkam:)
- Catalan: Cisjordània f
- Chechen: Урдан хин малхбузен хийист (Urdan xin malxbuzen xiı̇ist)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 約旦河西岸地區 / 约旦河西岸地区 (Yuēdàn hé xī'àn dìqū), 西岸地區 / 西岸地区 (Xī'àn dìqū)
- Corsican: Cisghjordania f, Cisghjurdania f
- Czech: Západní břeh Jordánu m
- Danish: Vestbredden c (definite)
- Dutch: Westelijke Jordaanoever m
- Esperanto: Cisjordanio
- Estonian: Jordani Läänekallas
- Faroese: Vestari Áarbakki
- Finnish: Länsiranta (fi)
- French: Cisjordanie (fr) f
- Galician: Cisxordania (gl) f
- Georgian: მდინარე იორდანეს დასავლეთი ნაპირი (ka) (mdinare iordanes dasavleti naṗiri), დასავლეთი ნაპირი (dasavleti naṗiri)
- German: Westbank (de) f, Westjordanland (de) n, (Switzerland) Cisjordanien (de) n, Zisjordanien n, (dated or rare) Westjordanien n
- Greek: Δυτική Όχθη f (Dytikí Óchthi)
- Guaraní: Sihorytáña
- Hawaiian: Kapa Komohana
- Hebrew: יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן m pl (y'hudá v'shom'rón), הַגָּדָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית (he) f (ha-gadá ha-ma'aravít)
- Hindi: पश्चिमी तट m (paścimī taṭ), वेस्ट बैंक m (vesṭ baiṅk)
- Hungarian: Ciszjordánia (hu)
- Icelandic: Vesturbakkinn
- Ido: Cisjordania
- Indonesian: Tepi Barat
- Irish: Bruach Thiar m
- Italian: Cisgiordania f
- Japanese: ヨルダン川西岸地区 (ヨルダンがわせいがんちく, Yorudan gawa seigan chiku), 西岸地区 (せいがんちく, Seigan chiku)
- Javanese: Gisik Kulon
- Kazakh: Иордан өзенінің батыс жағалауы (İordan özenınıñ batys jağalauy), Батыс жағалау (Batys jağalau)
- Khmer: វ៉ែសបែង (vaehbaeng), វ៉េសប៊ែង (veehbɛɛng)
- Korean: 요르단 강 서안 지구 (Yoreudan gang seoan jigu), 서안 지구(西岸地區) (Seoan jigu)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: کەناری ڕۆژاوای ڕووباری ئوردن (kenarî rojaway rûbarî urdin)
- Kyrgyz: Иордан дарыясынын Батыш жээги (İordan darıyasının Batış jeegi), Батыш Жээк (Batış Jeek)
- Latin: Cisiordania f
- Latvian: Rietumkrasts m
- Limburgish: Westeleke Jordaankant
- Lithuanian: Vakarų Krantas (lt) m
- Macedonian: Западен Брег m (Zapaden Breg)
- Malagasy: Jôrdania Andrefana
- Malay: Tebing Barat
- Malayalam: വെസ്റ്റ് ബാങ്ക് (vesṟṟŭ bāṅkŭ)
- Maori: Paretai Uru
- Marathi: वेस्ट बँक (vesṭa bĕṅka)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Vestbredden m or f (definite)
- Occitan: Cisjordania f
- Ossetian: Цӕугӕдон Иорданы Ныгуылӕн Был (Cæwgædon Iordany Nyg°ylæn Byl)
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: کَرانِهٔ باخْتَری (karâne-ye bâxtari)
- Polish: Zachodni Brzeg (pl) m, Zachodni Brzeg Jordanu (pl) m, Cisjordania f
- Portuguese: Cisjordânia (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਪੱਛਮੀ ਕੰਢਾ (pacchamī kaṇḍhā)
- Romanian: Cisiordania f
- Russian: За́падный бе́рег реки́ Иорда́н (ru) m (Západnyj béreg rekí Iordán), За́падный бе́рег m (Západnyj béreg)
- Sardinian: Tzisgiordània
- Scots: Wast Bank, Cisjordan
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Западна обала f
- Roman: Zapadna obala f
- Sicilian: Cisgiurdania f
- Sinhalese: බටහිර ඉවුර (baṭahira iwura)
- Slovak: Západný breh Jordánu m
- Slovene: Zahodni breg m
- Somali: Daanta galbeed
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: Zapadny brjóh Jordana m
- Spanish: Cisjordania (es) f
- Swahili: Ukingo wa Magharibi wa Yordani
- Swedish: Västbanken (sv) c (definite)
- Tagalog: Kanlurang Pampang
- Tajik: Соҳили Ғарбӣ (Sohil-i Ġarbi)
- Tamil: மேற்குக் கரை (mēṟkuk karai)
- Thai: เวสต์แบงก์ (th) (wéet-bɛ́ng)
- Turkish: Batı Şeria
- Turkmen: Günbatar Şeriýa
- Tyap: Khwong Jenshyung
- Ukrainian: За́хідний бе́рег ріки́ Йорда́н m (Záxidnyj béreh riký Jordán), За́хідний бе́рег m (Záxidnyj béreh), Західний берег річки Йордан m (Zaxidnyj bereh ričky Jordan)
- Urdu: مَغْرِبی کِنارَہ m (maġribī kināra)
- Uyghur: غەربىي قىرغاق (gherbiy qirghaq)
- Uzbek: Gʻarbiy Sohil, Iordan daryosining gʻarbiy qirgʻogʻi, Iordan daryosining Gʻarbiy sohili
- Vietnamese: Bờ Tây
- Welsh: Y Lan Orllewinol
- West Frisian: Westjordaanlân, Sisjordaanje n
- Western Panjabi: مغربی کنارا (mġrbī knārā)
|
