Israel

Israel
Israel
Israel1 [iz′rē əl, iz′rāəl; iz′rəl]
n.
[OFr < LL(Ec) < Gr Israēl < Heb yisrael, lit., contender with God < sara, to wrestle + el, God]
1. a masculine name: dim. Izzy
2. Bible Jacob: so named after wrestling with the angel: Gen. 32:28
3. the Jewish people, as descendants of Jacob
Israel2 [iz′rē əl, iz′rāəl; iz′rəl]
1. ancient land of the Hebrews at the SE end of the Mediterranean
2. kingdom in the N part of this region, formed (10th cent. B.C. ) by the ten tribes of Israel that broke with Judah & Benjamin
3. country between the Mediterranean Sea & Jordan: established (1948) as a Jewish state according to the United Nations plan (1947) partitioning Palestine into Arab and Jewish states: 8,463 sq mi (21,919 sq km); pop. 4,038,000; cap. Jerusalem

English World dictionary. . 2014.

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