israel

Noun israel has 2 senses

• israel(n = noun.location) sion, state of israel, yisrael, zion - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine; Array
is a kind of country, land, state
is a part of middle east, mideast, near east
has parts: accho, acre, akka, akko, west bank, galilee, gaza, gaza strip, golan, golan heights, capital of israel, jerusalem, caesarea, sodom, gomorrah, gomorrha, tel aviv, tel aviv-jaffa, tel aviv-yalo, haifa, hefa, negev, negev desert, dead sea, mount carmel

• israel(n = noun.location) Array - 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; Array
is a kind of kingdom
is a part of middle east, mideast, near east