Palestinian

/ˈpæləˌstɪniən/
/pælɪˈstɪniɪn/
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Other forms: Palestinians

Definitions of Palestinian
  1. adjective
    of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants
    “Palestinian guerrillas”
  2. noun
    a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine
    synonyms: Palestinian Arab
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    type of:
    Arab, Arabian
    a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
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