Palestine National Authority
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7.5
- proper noun
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Autoridad Nacional Palestina
- Palestine National Authority leader Arafat
- Palestine National Authority leader
- Palestine National Authority leader Yasser
Examples
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Neither one accepted a position with the Palestine National Authority's corrupt and mismanaged administration.
Academic text (2004) -
His return as a defiance of the forces that separated the man from his land was also followed by a similar move by Said, who began visiting Palestine belatedly despite his public break with the Palestine National Authority.
Academic text (2004) -
The Palestine National Authority governs areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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The Palestine National Authority was established to manage the political and administrative affairs of Palestinian territories.
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Negotiations between Israel and the Palestine National Authority aim to achieve lasting peace in the region.
Synonyms
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6.4
A body that governs parts of the West Bank and Gaza with limited power under agreements with Israel
A government that manages parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
Surface Forms
Morphology
Palestine + national + authorities
The compound is directly compositional: 'Palestine' (the place) + 'national' (country-level) + 'authority/authorities' (governing body) yields the meaning 'the governing body of Palestine', which a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer. While specific political or historical details (e.g., dates, degree of control) are not predictable from the words, the core referent — a national governing authority for Palestine — is transparent and mirrors similar constructions across other languages.
Etymology
Palestine National Authority comes from when a new body was set up after a 1990s peace agreement to run services in parts of the West Bank and Gaza. The words are literal: Palestine points to the land and people, National shows it serves the whole people, and Authority means a group 'to govern', so the name refers to a temporary governing body for those areas.