Palestinian

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

//pæl.əˈstɪn.i.ən//

Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.

adjective

1
Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.
Halaby […] accompanied the curators on their trip through the Middle East to collect the artwork of over 20 Palestinian artists.
Here, Rose shares her Palestinian grandmother's delicious rice and lamb recipe. Her grandmother would make this as a family meal.
Prospects for a Palestinian state seem unclear amid various regional challenges, resistance from Israeli officials, and questions regarding U.S. policy in early 2025.
The group assembled in Romare Bearden Park shortly after 6 p.m., just barely outnumbering a dozen city police officers stationed in clusters around the area’s edge. The crowd grew to more than 50 people within the hour, many draped in keffiyehs and hoisting Palestinian flags high above their heads.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Palestine Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Palestinian From Palestine + -ian.

noun

1
An inhabitant of Palestine or someone descending from that area.
فقال لي الأستاذ أنت مصري قلت لا بل فلسطيني
In 2008 the Rozana Association […] instituted a Maftoul Festival in Bir Zeit, near Ramallah, celebrating the many tasty ways in which Palestinians cook maftoul, or couscous.
We got a message back from Israel that they were withdrawing their troops immediately from Lebanon. We are notifying the Syrians and the Lebanese and demanding that they mutually participate in a cease-fire and withdrawal of the Palestinians back ten kilometers from the Israeli borders.

Forms

plural: Palestinians
comparative: more Palestinian
superlative: most Palestinian

Pale · The part of Ireland directly under the control of the English…Palermo · A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City…Palestine · A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of…

Palestinian · Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.

Palin · A surname from Welsh.palm · Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or…Palm · A surname mainly of Scandinavian origin.

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