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GAZA STRIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gaza Strip mean? 

GAZA STRIP (noun)
  The noun GAZA STRIP has 1 sense:

1. a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egyptplay

  Familiarity information: GAZA STRIP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GAZA STRIP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Gaza; Gaza Strip

Context example:

he is a Palestinian from Gaza

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Gaza Strip" is a part of...):

Israel; Sion; State of Israel; Yisrael; Zion (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)


 Context examples 


A collective name for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, two territories in Palestine.

(Palestinian Territory, Occupied, NCI Thesaurus)



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