Palestine

Palestine (/ˈpæləsˌtn/ or /ˈpæləsˌtn/) typically refers to:

  • State of Palestine, a de jure sovereign state in the Middle East recognized by 138 UN members and with non-member observer state status in the United Nations or
  • Palestine (region), a geographical and historical region in the Middle East

  Borders of the Palestinian territories (West Bank and Gaza Strip) which are claimed by the State of Palestine
  Borders of Mandatory Palestine
  Historical boundaries of Roman Syria Palaestina, where dashed green line shows the boundary between Byzantine Palaestina Prima (later Jund Filastin) and Palaestina Secunda (later Jund al-Urdunn), as well as Palaestina Salutaris (later Jebel et-Tih and the Jifar)

and can also refer to:

Historical usage

  • Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948), a geopolitical entity under British administration
  • Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem or Palestine (1872–1917), an Ottoman district that encompassed Jerusalem, Gaza, Jaffa, Hebron, Bethlehem and Beersheba
  • Jund Filastin (638 – 10th century), one of the military districts of the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphate province of Bilad al-Sham (Syria)
  • Syria Palaestina or Roman Palestine, a Roman province (135–390 CE), a province of the Roman Empire following merger of renamed Iudaea with Roman Syria
  • Palaestina Prima, a Byzantine province in the Levant from 390 to c. 636, comprising the Galilee and northern Jordan Valley
  • Palaestina Secunda, a Byzantine province in the Levant from 390 to c. 636, comprising the shoreline and hills of the Southern Levant (Judea and Samaria)
  • Palaestina Salutaris alias Palestina Tertia, a Byzantine province established in the 6th century, covering the Negev and Transjordan

Other places

Iraq

  • Palestine Hotel, a hotel in Baghdad
  • Palestine Street, a street located in eastern Baghdad

Saudi Arabia

United Kingdom

  • Palestine, Hampshire, a village near Andover
  • Palestine Place, headquarters of the Church of England's organization Church's Ministry Among Jewish People, in London

United States

Media

Other uses

  • Palestine (horse), a racehorse who won the 2,000 Guineas in 1950
  • Falastin (newspaper)

People with the surname

See also

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