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palestinian | pal |

Pal is a synonym of palestinian.



As nouns the difference between palestinian and pal

is that palestinian is an inhabitant of Palestine or an Arab descending from that area while PAL is acronym of lang=en|Phase Alternating Line or of Phase Alternation Line. (TV standard.

As an adjective Palestinian

is of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.

As a proper noun PAL is

initialism of Police Athletic League|lang=en.

As a verb pal is

be friends with, hang around with.

palestinian

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.
  • Synonyms

    *Filastini

    Usage notes

    Prior to 1948 , "Palestinian" was used in reference to the whole area known at that time as Palestine before the establishment of the State of Israel. For example, today’s English?language Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post'' was called ''The Palestine Post'' under the ; also the ''Palestinian Orchestra was a Jewish orchestra.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inhabitant of Palestine or an Arab descending from that area.
  • An inhabitant of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, legally governed by the .
  • Synonyms

    * Filastini * Philistinian * Pal, Pally (informal) * Falestinian, Filastinian (rare) * Fakestinian, Palestinkian (derogatory and hence offensive)

    Derived terms

    *pan-Palestinian *Palestinophile *Palestinophilia *Palestinophilic *Palestinian Arabic

    pal

    English

    (wikipedia PAL)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (television, uncountable) or of (Phase Alternation Line). (TV standard)
  • (electronics, countable) .
  • Derived terms

    * (television) PALplus

    See also

    * (television) NTSC , SECAM * (electronics) PIC , FPGA

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Anagrams

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