Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun israel

2 senses of israel

Sense 1
Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion -- (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)
       INSTANCE OF=> country, state, land -- (the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries")

Sense 2
Israel -- (an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC)
       INSTANCE OF=> kingdom -- (a country with a king as head of state)