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1. A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people.
2. (sometimes strictly) The West Bank and Gaza Strip.
3. (historical or politically charged, see usage notes) The region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
4. (historical, technical) A British colonial entity administering approximately the lands mentioned in definition 1.
5. (historical, technical, rare) The British League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, of which this region was a part (the remainder being Transjordan, which covered approximately the lands of the modern Kingdom (originally Emirate) of Jordan).
6. (historical) Any of four Ancient Roman and Byzantine provinces in the eastern Mediterranean: Syria Palaestina, Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda and Palaestina Salutaris.
7. (obsolete since 1920) The Biblical Land of Israel, roughly corresponding to the northern part of modern-day Israel proper, the West Bank, and northwest Jordan.
8. (obsolete since 1920) Philistia, a region in the Levant inhabited by the ancient Philistines.
9. A number of places in the United States:
10. A town in St. Francis County, Arkansas.
11. A community in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
12. A village in Crawford County, Illinois.
13. A township in Woodford County, Illinois.
14. An unincorporated community in Brookville Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
15. An unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
16. An extinct town in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana.
17. A township in Story County, Iowa.
18. A township in Cooper County, Missouri.
19. A village in Darke County, Ohio.
20. A city, the county seat of Anderson County, Texas, United States.
21. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
22. An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.
23. A community in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
24. A village in Over Wallop parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2640).

Substantiivit

1. (archaic or obsolete) A Philistine.