PHILISTIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Philistia mean? 

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

1. an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHILISTIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

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

Domain member region:

Dagon (god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines)

Holonyms ("Philistia" is a part of...):

Canaan; Holy Land; Palestine; Promised Land (an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism)