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PHILISTIA
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I. (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)
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