Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine;
when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah;
in 1968 Arafat became chairman;
received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile;
has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority;
[syn: Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Palestine Liberation Organization
n 1: a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort
to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in
1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser
Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received
recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in
1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely
political role since the creation of the Palestine National
Authority [syn: Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO]