Palestinian
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- noun
- /ˌpæləsˈtiːniən/
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palestino
- We, we said we will support the Palestinian people in Gaza.
- Israelis and the Palestinians
- Israel and the Palestinians
- Palestinians' UN bid
You cannot be for the liberation of Palestinians and not be against Hamas.
- You cannot be for the liberation of Palestinians and not be against Hamas.
- Imagine if the Palestinians had that same mindset.
- What's wrong with the Palestinians joining these agencies and so on.
- If you'd go on down the street here, you ask any Palestinian, what do you think?
- I am not an expert on Palestinians or the Palestinian mindset.
- I think that Israel is unable to accept return of Palestinians into Israel.
- They used mortars, and the Palestinians fled the village.
- At the same time, deep down, they're afraid of the Palestinians.
- But it was very, it was a trip that you would not have even known that Palestinians existed.
- I, I don't think that racism is the best way to understand Israeli treatment of Palestinians or or Israeli treatment of Arabs.
- I feel for both Palestinians and the Israelis and but we're in dangerous times.
- They're trying to beat the Palestinians in the submission, right?
Examples
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Nearly two decades of peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians have failed miserably.
Academic text (2011) -
A Palestinian who's lived in the United States for the last six years.
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And I was raising it for Palestinian children, and not many other people were doing so.
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I think that Israel is unable to accept return of Palestinians into Israel.
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And that ground war is going to lead to far, far more Palestinian civilians getting killed.
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I think that by and large, Palestinians are saying that.
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And in the current circumstances, the Palestinians have already recognized Israel.
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But obviously in terms of civilian population, the Palestinians have have have paid a huge price.
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I think as long as the occupation persists, the Palestinians are going to resist.
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The Palestinian people have a rich cultural heritage that reflects their history.
Synonyms
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4.9
A person whose family comes from the Arab community of Palestine
Compounds
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9.9
A Palestinian armed group that wants an Islamic state and fights Israel
A body that governs parts of the West Bank and Gaza with limited power under agreements with Israel
A Palestinian political group formed in 1967 that carried out armed attacks against Israel
Surface Forms
Morphology
Palestinian = Palestine (transparent) = Palestine + ian
The noun is formed from the place name plus the standard demonymic suffix '-ian', so it transparently denotes an inhabitant or person associated with Palestine.
Etymology
A Palestinian is a person from Palestine. The name comes from an old word meaning 'land of the Philistines', so it refers to people whose family roots are in that place.