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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Philistia
    n 1: an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine
         that was strategically located on a trade route between
         Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times


Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Philistia
   =Palestine (q.v.), "the land of the Philistines" (Ps. 60:8;
   87:4; 108:9). The word is supposed to mean "the land of
   wanderers" or "of strangers."