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Syria-Palestine

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Syria-Palestine

  1. A region in the Middle East consisting roughly of Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, and Jordan
    Synonyms: Levant, Greater Syria

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  • Not to be confused with Syria Palaestina, a Roman province encompassing only a small part of "Syria-Palestine".
  • Sometimes prefered over the "colonial" term "Levant" and the potentially irrendentist-sounding "Greater Syria".

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