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

2 senses of palestine

Sense 1
Palestine -- (a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948)
       INSTANCE OF=> mandate, mandatory -- (a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves)

Sense 2
Palestine, Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land -- (an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism)
       INSTANCE OF=> geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region -- (a demarcated area of the Earth)