palestine

Noun palestine has 2 senses

• palestine(n = noun.location) - a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948;
is a kind of mandate, mandatory
Derived form adjective palestinian₁

• palestine(n = noun.location) 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;
is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
has parts: juda, judah, judaea, judea, samaria, philistia, jordan, jordan river
is a part of asia
Derived form adjective palestinian₁