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* [[Philistia]], a name used in the Bible to refer to a pentapolis in the Southern Levant, established by Philistines c.1175 BC and existing in various forms until the Assyrian conquest in 8th century |
* [[Philistia]], a name used in the Bible to refer to a pentapolis in the Southern Levant, established by Philistines c.1175 BC and existing in various forms until the Assyrian conquest in 8th century |
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== Other places == |
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=== Brazil === |
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* [[Palestina, Alagoas]] |
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* [[Palestina, São Paulo]] |
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* [[Palestina de Goias]] |
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=== Colombia === |
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* [[Palestina, Caldas]] |
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* [[Palestina, Huila]] |
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=== Ecuador === |
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* [[Palestina, Ecuador]] |
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=== Guatemala === |
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* [[Palestina de Los Altos]] |
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=== Iraq === |
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* [[Palestine Hotel]], a hotel in Baghdad |
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* [[Palestine Street]], a street located in eastern Baghdad |
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=== Italy === |
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* [[Palestrina]] (also known as ''Praeneste''), an ancient city and municipality with a population of about 18,000, in Lazio, c. {{convert|35|km|0|abbr=on}} east of Rome |
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=== Netherlands === |
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*Palestina, a small hamlet within the municipality of [[Nijkerk]] |
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=== Poland === |
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* [[Palestyna, Łódź Voivodeship]] |
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* [[Palestyna, Podlaskie Voivodeship]] |
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=== Saudi Arabia === |
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* Palestine Street, [[Jeddah]] |
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=== United Kingdom === |
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* [[Palestine, Hampshire]], a village near Andover |
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* [[Palestine Place]], headquarters of the Church of England's organization Church's Ministry Among Jewish People, in London |
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=== United States === |
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* [[Palestine, Arkansas]] |
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* Palestine, a minor community of [[Newtown, Connecticut]] |
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* [[Palestine, Illinois]] |
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* [[Palestine, Indiana|Palestine, Kosciusko County, Indiana]] |
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* [[Palestine, Franklin County, Indiana]] |
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* [[New Palestine, Indiana]] |
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* [[Palestine, Ohio]] |
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* [[East Palestine, Ohio]] |
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* [[Palestine, Texas]] |
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* [[Palestine, Greenbrier County, West Virginia]] |
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* [[Palestine, Wirt County, West Virginia]] |
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* [[Lake Palestine]], a reservoir in eastern Texas |
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== Media == |
== Media == |
Revision as of 08:52, 5 November 2015
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Look up Palestine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Borders of the Palestinian territories (West Bank and Gaza Strip) which are claimed by the State of Palestine
Borders of Mandatory Palestine
Historical boundaries of Roman Syria Palaestina, where dashed green line shows the boundary between Byzantine Palaestina Prima (later Jund Filastin) and Palaestina Secunda (later Jund al-Urdunn), as well as Palaestina Salutaris (later Jebel et-Tih and the Jifar)
Palestine usually refers to:
- Palestine (region), a geographical and historical region in the Middle East
- Land of Israel, another common name for roughly the same region
- The Holy Land, an area roughly located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea
- State of Palestine, a modern partially recognized proto-state in the Middle East
- The Palestinian territories, or "Israeli occupied Palestinian territories", referring to the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip
- Palestinian National Authority, also known as Palestinian Authority, an interim self-government body established in 1994 to govern parts of the territories. Since 2013, the Palestinian National Authority is officially referred to as the State of Palestine by international and internal organisations
Palestine may also refer to:
Historical political entities
- Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948), a geopolitical entity under British administration
- Ottoman Syria, divisions of the Ottoman Empire within the Levant
- Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem (1872-1917), also known as the "Sanjak of Jerusalem", an Ottoman district commonly referred to as "Southern Syria" or "Palestine". The district encompassed Jerusalem, Gaza, Jaffa, Hebron, Bethlehem and Beersheba.
- Jund Filastin (638 – 10th century), was one of the military districts of the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphate province of Bilad al-Sham (Syria)
- Byzantine Palestine
- Palaestina Prima, a Byzantine province in the Levant from 390 to 636, comprising the Galilee and northern Jordan Valley
- Palaestina Secunda, a Byzantine province in the Levant from 390 to 636, comprising the shoreline and hills of the Southern Levant (Judea and Samaria)
- Palaestina Salutaris, a Byzantine province established in 6th century, covering the Negev and Transjordan
- Syria Palaestina or Roman Palestine, a Roman province (135-390 CE) (135-330 CE), a province of the Roman Empire following merger of renamed Iudaea with Roman Syria
- Palaistinê or Palaestina names used by Greek and Romans to refer to parts of the Levant during the Persian and Hellenic periods
- Philistia, a name used in the Bible to refer to a pentapolis in the Southern Levant, established by Philistines c.1175 BC and existing in various forms until the Assyrian conquest in 8th century
Other places
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
Guatemala
Iraq
- Palestine Hotel, a hotel in Baghdad
- Palestine Street, a street located in eastern Baghdad
Italy
- Palestrina (also known as Praeneste), an ancient city and municipality with a population of about 18,000, in Lazio, c. 35 km (22 mi) east of Rome
Netherlands
- Palestina, a small hamlet within the municipality of Nijkerk
Poland
Saudi Arabia
- Palestine Street, Jeddah
United Kingdom
- Palestine, Hampshire, a village near Andover
- Palestine Place, headquarters of the Church of England's organization Church's Ministry Among Jewish People, in London
United States
- Palestine, Arkansas
- Palestine, a minor community of Newtown, Connecticut
- Palestine, Illinois
- Palestine, Kosciusko County, Indiana
- Palestine, Franklin County, Indiana
- New Palestine, Indiana
- Palestine, Ohio
- East Palestine, Ohio
- Palestine, Texas
- Palestine, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Palestine, Wirt County, West Virginia
- Lake Palestine, a reservoir in eastern Texas
Media
- Falastin, a newspaper published by Issa El-Issa in 1909 based in Jaffa
- Journal of Palestine Studies, an academic journal founded in 1971
- Palestine (Sacco comic), a comic by Joe Sacco
- Palestine–Israel Journal, a quarterly journal based in Jerusalem
- Palestine Times, a daily English-language newspaper produced in Palestine
- The Palestine Telegraph, an electronic newspaper produced in the Gaza Strip
- The Palestine Post, the former name of The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli English-language daily newspaper
- Palestine Herald-Press, a newspaper published in and serving the Palestine, Texas area
- Palestine (book), a book dealing with Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's selected statements on the issues surrounding the Palestinian territories
People
- Charlemagne Palestine, American composer
Politics
- All-Palestine Government, a Palestinian Arab state proclaimed by the Arab League on September 22, 1948, and seated in Egyptian occupied Gaza Strip. It was absorbed into the United Arab Republic in 1959
- Palestine Communist Party, a political party in Palestine (1923-1947)
- Palestine Arab Party, a political party in Palestine (1935-1947)
Other
- Palestine (horse), racehorse who won the 2,000 Guineas in 1950