Syria-Palestine

English

Proper noun

Syria-Palestine

  2. A cultural region of Western Asia consisting of the eastern Mediterranean countries, i.e. Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus; the Levant.
    Synonyms: Levant, Greater Syria

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with Syria Palaestina, a Roman province encompassing only a small part of "Syria-Palestine".
  • Sometimes preferred over the "colonial" term Levant and the potentially irredentist-sounding Greater Syria.

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