ISRAELI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Israeli mean? 

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

1. a native or inhabitant of Israel

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

• ISRAELI (adjective)
  The adjective ISRAELI has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people

  Familiarity information: ISRAELI used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISRAELI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Israel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Israeli"):

sabra (a native-born Israeli)

Holonyms ("Israeli" is a member of...):

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

Derivation:

Israeli (of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people)

• ISRAELI (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

Israeli (a native or inhabitant of Israel)

 Context examples 

Since the border was established in 1982, wood-gathering and grazing have ceased on the Israeli side.

(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)

For example, in the Negev Desert along the Egypt-Israel border, the Israeli side's dunes are stabilized by vegetation; on the Egyptian side, however, the dunes are moving because overgrazing has left them barren.

(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)