Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean;
divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948;
2.
an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea;
a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism;
[syn: Palestine, Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Palestine
n 1: a former British mandate on the east coast of the
Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948
2: an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of
the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity
and Islam and Judaism [syn: Palestine, Canaan, Holy
Land, Promised Land]