פלשתינה

Hebrew

Etymology

From Latin Palaestīna (“Palestine”), with conscious retention of the consonants in פְּלֶשֶׁת (pléshet, “Philistia”).

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /pɔː.lɛsˈtiː.nɔː/ [pʰɔː.lɛsˈtʰiː.nɔː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /pɔ.lasˈti.nɔ/ [pʰɔː.læsˈtʰiː.nɔː]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /pa.lesˈti.na/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /pɔ.lɛsˈti.nɔ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /pa.lesˈti.na/, /fa.lesˈti.na/

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Noun

פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה • (palestína) f

1. (historical or politically charged, see usage notes) Palestine (The region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River) (especially pre-1948)

See also

• פָלַסְטִין (falastín, “Palestine, post-1948”)
• אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל (éretz yisra'él, “the Land of Israel”)
• פלשתינה א״י (palestína áy, “Palestine-Eretz Yisrael, the pre-1948 Zionist community”)