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Palestine is a name for land at the eastern end of the Mediterranean, holy to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. In English it often means the area that includes the West Bank of the River Jordan, , and the Gaza Strip — the land the Arab population, the Palestinians, want as their own independent country. Since the 1990s parts of this area have been run by the Palestinian Authority, but the are unfinished and people disagree, often , about borders, names, and who should govern: Israel also claims much of this land.
Palestine is a name for land at the eastern end of the MediterraneanPalestine是地中海東端一塊土地的名字, holy to Jews, Christians, and Muslims對猶太教徒、基督徒和穆斯林來說都是聖地。In learner English it often means the area在學習者的英文裡它常常指這個地區 that includes the West Bank of the River Jordan, Jericho, and the Gaza Strip包括約旦河西岸、耶利哥，還有加薩走廊 — the land the Arab population, the Palestinians, want as their own independent country也就是當地阿拉伯人（巴勒斯坦人）想要建立成自己獨立國家的那塊土地。Since the 1990s parts of this area have been run by the Palestinian Authority從1990年代起，這個地區的一部分由巴勒斯坦自治政府管理, but the politics are unfinished但政治情勢還沒有定案, and people disagree, often painfully, about borders, names, and who should govern而人們在邊界、名稱和誰該治理這些問題上常常有很痛苦的分歧：Israel also claims much of this land以色列也宣稱這塊土地大部分是自己的。
The name itself is old. Romans used Palaestina for a province there, and the word goes back to Philistia, the land of the . Today Palestine can mean a hoped-for country, a geographic region, or, in older books, a wider Holy Land.
The name itself is old這個名字本身很古老。Romans used Palaestina for a province there羅馬人用Palaestina稱呼那裡的一個行省, and the word goes back to Philistia, the land of the Philistines而這個字可以追溯到Philistia，也就是非利士人的土地。Today Palestine can mean a hoped-for country今天Palestine可以指一個人們期盼的國家, a geographic region一個地理區域, or, in older books, a wider Holy Land或者在較舊的書裡指更大範圍的聖地。
The tidy one-line answer is tidier than real life; students will hear strong feelings around this word. The kind thing is to know it is a real place and a real people, and that the story is not simple.
The tidy one-line answer is tidier than real life這種整整齊齊的一句話答案，比真實生活整齊多了；students will hear strong feelings around this word學生會聽到人們對這個字懷有強烈的情緒。The kind thing is to know比較好的作法是知道 it is a real place and a real people它是一個真實的地方，也是一群真實的人, and that the story is not simple而且這個故事並不簡單。
組成From Latin Palaestīna, from Greek Palaistínē, from Hebrew p'léshet, Philistia, the land of the Philistines. Ancient Egyptian and Assyrian records have similar names for a people in that region.
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- Palestinianthe people of Palestine; also the adjective
- Philistinefrom the same Hebrew name for Philistia
原始詞典資料24 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Palestinename詞源 1/ˈpæləˌstaɪn/
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A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people.
- Jews and Israel are not synonymous; nor is support for Palestine synonymous with anti-Semitism; nor is questioning the orthodoxy of the Republican party, which the majority of us do with relish, an insult to Jewry.
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A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people.
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The region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
- Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power.
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historicalengineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA British colonial entity administering approximately the lands mentioned in definition 1.
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historicalrareengineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesThe British League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, of which this region was a part (the remainder being Transjordan, which covered approximately the lands of the modern Kingdom (originally Emirate) of Jordan).
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historicalAny of four Ancient Roman and Byzantine provinces in the eastern Mediterranean: Syria Palaestina, Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda and Palaestina Salutaris.
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obsoleteThe Biblical Land of Israel, roughly corresponding to the northern part of modern-day Israel proper, the West Bank, and northwest Jordan.
- Gad, in ancient geography, a district of Transjordan Palestine, situated between Gilead and the kingdom of Bashan on the north, and that of the Amorites to the south, having the Jordan to the west, and bounded by various nations on the east, so called from the tribe of that name.
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obsoletePhilistia, a region in the Levant inhabited by the ancient Philistines.
- In the west, moreover, as we have seen, he crushed Damascus, and forced Phenicia, Edom, the kingdom of Israel, and "Palestine" or Philistia, to continue the tribute they had agreed to pay Shalmaneser II.
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A village in Over Wallop parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2640).
Palestinenoun詞源 2/ˈpæləˌstaɪn/
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archaicobsoleteA Philistine.
- The Paleſtines aſſailing the Hebrewes, are overcome by them in battell.
- […] Iſaac went to Abimelech king of the Paleſtines to Gerara.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。