# Palestina
## English
### Proper noun

Palestina
* A barangay of San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /palesˈtina/ [pa.les̪ˈt̪i.na]
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: Pa‧les‧ti‧na

### Proper noun

Palestina f
* Palestine

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pales̺tina/ [pa.les̺.t̪i.na]
* Rhymes: -ina, -a
* Hyphenation: Pa‧les‧ti‧na

### Proper noun

Palestina inan
* Palestine (a historical region and province of the Roman Empire in the Levant, Asia)
* Palestine, State of Palestine (a country in the Levant, Asia)
    Synonym: Palestinako Estatua

#### Derived terms

* Palestinako Estatua (“State of Palestine”)
* palestinar (“Palestinian”)

#### See also

* Afganistan
* Arabiar Emirerri Batuak
* Armenia
* Azerbaidjan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Birmania
* Brunei
* Ekialdeko Timor
* Errusia
* Filipinak
* Georgia
* Hego Korea
* India
* Indonesia
* Ipar Korea
* Irak
* Iran
* Israel
* Japonia
* Jordania
* Kanbodia
* Kazakhstan
* Kirgizistan
* Kuwait
* Laos
* Libano
* Malaysia
* Maldivas
* Mongolia
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestina
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapur
* Siria
* Sri Lanka
* Tadjikistan
* Taiwan
* Thailandia
* Turkia
* Turkmenistan
* Txina
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen
* Zipre

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pə.ləsˈti.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pa.lesˈti.na]

### Proper noun

Palestina f
* Palestine (a historical region and province of the Roman Empire in the Levant, Asia)
* Palestine, State of Palestine (a country in the Levant, Asia)

#### Related terms

* palestí

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Palestina
* Palestine (a country in Asia)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Palestina
* Palestine (a country in Asia)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpalɛstɪna]
* Rhymes: -ɪna

### Proper noun

Palestina f (relational adjective palestinský, demonym Palestinec)
* Palestine

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Palestina”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Palestina”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Palestina”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Etymology

* Borrowed from Latin Palaestīna.
* (Nijkerk) First attested as Palestina in 1843. Named after the region in the Middle East. Originally the name of a farm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌpaː.lɛsˈti.naː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Pa‧les‧ti‧na

### Proper noun

Palestina n
* Palestine (political entity)
    Synonym: Palestijnse Gebieden
* Palestine (region in the southern Levant, covering modern-day Palestine and Israel)
* (historical) Roman Palestine (province of the Roman Empire)
* A hamlet in Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands

#### Derived terms

* Palestijn

### References

* van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Palestina (“Palestine”), from Latin Palaestīna (“Roman province of Palestine”), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē, “Philistia and the surrounding region”), from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /palɛsˈtina/ [pa.lɛsˈt̪i.na]
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: Pa‧les‧ti‧na

### Proper noun

Palèstina
* Palestine (a country in Asia)

#### Alternative forms

* Palestin (Standard Malay)

### Further reading

* “Palestina” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.leˈsti.na/
* Rhymes: -ina
* Hyphenation: Pa‧le‧stì‧na

### Etymology 1

From Latin Palaestina.

#### Proper noun

Palestina f
* Palestine

##### Derived terms

* palestinese

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Palestine.

#### Noun

Palestina f (invariable)
* a large size of type standardized as 24 points

### Anagrams

* penalista, sinpetala, spalatine

## Lithuanian
### Proper noun

Palestina f
* Palestine (a country in Asia)

#### Related terms

* palestinietis m, palestinietė f

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Palestina
* Palestine

#### Related terms

* palestiner
* palestinsk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Palestina
* Palestine

#### Related terms

* palestinar
* palestinsk

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /palesˈtino̞/

### Proper noun

Palestina f
* Palestine (a historical region and province of the Roman Empire in the Levant, Asia)
* Palestine, State of Palestine (a country in the Levant, Asia)
    Synonym: Estat de Palestina

#### Related terms

* palestinian m, palestiniana f

## Old English
### Etymology

From Latin Palaestīna (“Roman province of Palestine”), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē, “Philistia and the surrounding region”), from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”).

### Proper noun

Palestīna m
* Palestine

#### Descendants

* Middle English: Palestyne
** English: Palestine

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Palaestīna, borrowed from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē).

### Proper noun

Palestina f
* Palestine (a historical region and province of the Roman Empire in Levant, Asia)

#### Related terms

* filisteu
* palestino

#### Descendants

* Fala: Palestina
* Galician: Palestina
* Portuguese: Palestina (see there for further descendants)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Palestina”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Palestina”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Palestina, from Latin Palaestīna (“Roman province of Palestine”), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē), from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.lesˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.lesˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pa.leʃˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pa.lesˈt͡ʃi.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.lɨʃˈti.nɐ/
* Rhymes: -ĩnɐ, -inɐ
* Hyphenation: Pa‧les‧ti‧na
* Homophone: palestina

### Proper noun

Palestina f
* Palestine (A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)
* (historical) Palestine (a historical region and province of the Roman Empire in Levant, Asia)
* A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

#### Meronyms

* Cisjordânia
* Faixa de Gaza

#### Related terms

* filisteu
* palestinense
* palestiniano
* palestino

#### Descendants

* → Hunsrik: Palëstina

### See also

* Afeganistão
* Arábia Saudita
* Arménia (Portugal) ~ Armênia (Brazil)
* Azerbaijão
* Bangladexe
* Barém
* Birmânia
* Brunei
* Butão
* Camboja
* Catar
* Cazaquistão
* China
* Chipre
* Coreia do Norte
* Coreia do Sul
* Emirados Árabes Unidos
* Filipinas
* Geórgia
* Iémen (Portugal) ~ Iêmen (Brazil)
* Índia
* Indonésia
* Irão (Portugal) ~ Irã (Brazil)
* Iraque
* Israel
* Japão
* Jordânia
* Kuwait
* Laos
* Líbano
* Malásia
* Maldivas
* Mongólia
* Nepal
* Omã
* Palestina
* Paquistão
* Quirguistão
* Rússia
* Singapura
* Síria
* Sri Lanka
* Tailândia
* Tajiquistão
* Timor-Leste
* Turquemenistão
* Turquia
* Uzbequistão
* Vietname (Portugal) ~ Vietnã (Brazil)

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* Палестина (Palestina) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Etymology

From Latin Palaestīna (“Roman province of Palestine”), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē), from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”).

### Proper noun

Palestina f
* Palestine

#### Related terms

* palestinian

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /palestǐːna/
* Hyphenation: Pa‧le‧sti‧na

### Proper noun

Palestína f (Cyrillic spelling Палести́на)
* Palestine

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /palɛstíːna/

### Proper noun

Palestȋna f
* Palestine

#### Related terms

* Palestínec / Palestínka
* palestínski

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /palesˈtina/ [pa.lesˈt̪i.na]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: Pa‧les‧ti‧na

### Proper noun

Palestina f
* Palestine
* A town in Caldas department, Colombia.
* A town in Huila department, Colombia.
* A town in Guayas, Ecuador.

#### Derived terms

* Estado de Palestina

#### Related terms

* palestino

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Palestina
* Palestine (region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)
** 2018 November 14, “Mzozo wa Palestina na Israel: watatiza Baraza la Usalama”, in BBC Swahili‎:Balozi wa Palestina katika Umoja wa Mataifa Riyad Mansour ameilaumu Marekani kwa kuwa pingamizi.The ambassador from Palestine to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, has blamed the US for being an obstruction.

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Palestina n (genitive Palestinas)
* Palestine

#### Derived terms

* palestinasjal

#### Related terms

* palestinier
* palestinsk
* palestinska

### References

* Palestina in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /palesˈtina/ [pɐ.lɛsˈt̪iː.n̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: Pa‧les‧ti‧na

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish Palestina, from Latin Palaestīna, from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē), from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”).

#### Proper noun

Palestina (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ)
* Palestine (A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)
** 1919, M. Ibo Alfaro, Rosendo Ignacio, Ang Búhay ay pagibig Volume 6:...mayaman, ay namatay sa Habana nang nakaraang tagaraw, sa sakit na dibdib. Ang mamumuhunang ito'y iniwang magmamana sa kanya ang binatang konde ng Sokoro, na dumating kagabi sa Londres, matapos makapaglibot sa Palestina at doon tutuloy sa kanyang palasyo sa Rusell Square.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Coordinate terms

* Apganistan
* Armenya ~ Armenia
* Aserbayan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Biyetnam
* Brunei ~ Brunay
* Ehipto
* Emiratos Arabes Unidos
* Hapon
* Heorhiya
* Hilagang Korea
* Indiya
* Indonesya ~ Indonesia
* Irak
* Iran
* Israel
* Jordan
* Kambodya
* Kazakhstan
* Kirgistan
* Kuwait
* Laos
* Libano, Lebanon
* Malasya, Malaysia
* Maldibas, Maldives
* Mongolya ~ Mongolia
* Myanmar, Birmanya
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestina
* Pilipinas
* Qatar
* Rusya
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapura
* Sirya ~ Siria
* Sri Lanka
* Tayikistan ~ Tajikistan
* Taylandiya
* Taywan
* Timog Korea
* Timor-Leste, Silangang Timor
* Tsina
* Tsipre
* Turkiya
* Turkmenistan
* Usbekistan
* Yemen

##### Related terms

* Palestino

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish palestina.

#### Noun

Palestina (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ)
* female equivalent of Palestino: female Palestinian

### Further reading

* “Palestina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018