Palestine Liberation Front
- proper noun
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Frente de Liberación de Palestina
- The Palestine Liberation Front was established in 1977.
Examples
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The Palestine Liberation Front was involved in several attacks in the 1980s.
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Many members of the Palestine Liberation Front were based in Lebanon during the organization's peak.
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After breaking away from another group, the Palestine Liberation Front established its own operations.
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Many people associate the Palestine Liberation Front with militant activities.
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The Palestine Liberation Front launched multiple operations against Israeli targets in the 1980s.
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After its formation, the Palestine Liberation Front quickly gained notoriety for its militant actions.
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The Palestine Liberation Front was one of the key groups fighting for Palestinian rights during the late 20th century.
Synonyms
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A Palestinian armed group formed in 1977 after a split from another group
A Palestinian armed group formed in 1977 that carried out attacks across the Lebanese border
Surface Forms
Morphology
Palestine + liberation + front
The compound combines place ('Palestine') + goal ('liberation') + organizational label ('front'), so its basic meaning — an organized group aiming for the liberation of Palestine — follows directly from the constituents. The form "X Liberation Front" is a common cross-linguistic naming pattern for political/militant organizations, making the overall sense transparently inferable to a B1 learner who knows the component words (though specific historical or violent details are not predictable).
Etymology
Palestine Liberation Front is a name that shows its purpose: Palestine is the place, liberation means 'to free', and Front means the group at the front of a fight. So the name was used for a group fighting to free Palestine.