HAGANAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Haganah mean? 

• HAGANAH (noun)
  The noun HAGANAH has 1 sense:

1. the clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israeli defense force

  Familiarity information: HAGANAH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAGANAH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israeli defense force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Haganah" is a kind of...):

force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)

Domain region:

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