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intifada

in·ti·fada

UK/ˌɪntɪˈfɑːdə/ US/ˌɪntɪˈfɑdʌ/ uncommon

noun

1.

an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000

  • “the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993”
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Origin

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”).

Phrases

  • globalize the intifada

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