West Bankn.

Brit.

/ˌwɛs(t) ˈbaŋk/, U.S.

/ˈˌwɛs(t) ˈbæŋk/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: west adj., bank n.¹

Etymology: < west adj. + bank n.¹

With the. A region west of the River Jordan and north-west of the Dead Sea, now forming part of the Palestinian territories.Formerly under Ottoman rule, and forming part of the British-mandated territory following the First World War, the region became part of Jordan in 1948 and was occupied by Israel in the Arab–Israeli War of 1967. The Palestinians were granted limited control as a result of the Oslo Accords of 1993.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [noun] > Middle East > State of Israel > land occupied by

West Bank1957

1957 J. Morris Market of Seleukia ii. xviii. 165 It is difficult to see the west bank, which includes the magnificent Old City of Jerusalem, ever being prised away from Jordan.

1960 Middle East Rec. 1 130/2 The Jordanian Foreign Minister told his Premier that any such resolution..would aggravate the situation in the West Bank.

1967 Times 10 Aug. 7/1 Even those Israelis who would gladly abandon Sinai, Gaza and the West Bank would prefer to keep the Syrian heights overlooking the Sea of Galilee.

1978 Internat. Relations Dict. (U.S. Dept. State Library) 35/2 These groups rejected..the establishment of a Palestinian state on the West Bank.

2009 Church Times 27 Feb. 5/2 The first olive oil to bear the Fairtrade certification..is produced by Palestinian olive-farmers in the West Bank.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1967 Life 29 Sept. 120A/3 Both governments seek the welfare of the west bank Arabs.

1983 ‘J. le Carré’ Little Drummer Girl ii. 32 Miss Bach had been talking wistfully of taking up the wagon-trail life of a West Bank settler.

2008 C. Newkey-Burden in J. Burchill & C. Newkey-Burden Not in my Name 58 Hamas-sparked violence led to Palestinian students at a West Bank university being brutally beaten and shot by their own people.

Derivatives

ˌWest ˈBanker n. a native or inhabitant of the West Bank.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Israel or Palestine > [noun] > parts of

Samaritanc1000

Nazareea1425

Nazarene?c1425

abstainer1535

Nazarite1535

Hierosolymitan1538

Hierosolymitea1557

Judaean1596

Galilean1611

Tel Avivian1939

West Banker1957

1957 J. Morris Market of Seleukia ii. xviii. 164 A Jordanian is now a ‘west banker’ or an ‘east banker’ according to whether he lives on the west or the east side of the Jordan river.

1968 N.Y. Times 22 Dec. iv. 4/6 The many interviews given by King Hussein who often refers to granting more self-government to the West Bankers.

1995 Economist 18 Feb. 58/2 In the past three months, 2,400 West Bankers have been arrested by the Israelis without charge or trial.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	west bank
释义	West Bankn. Brit. /ˌwɛs(t) ˈbaŋk/, U.S. /ˈˌwɛs(t) ˈbæŋk/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: west adj., bank n.¹ Etymology: < west adj. + bank n.¹ With the. A region west of the River Jordan and north-west of the Dead Sea, now forming part of the Palestinian territories.Formerly under Ottoman rule, and forming part of the British-mandated territory following the First World War, the region became part of Jordan in 1948 and was occupied by Israel in the Arab–Israeli War of 1967. The Palestinians were granted limited control as a result of the Oslo Accords of 1993. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [noun] > Middle East > State of Israel > land occupied by West Bank1957 1957 J. Morris Market of Seleukia ii. xviii. 165 It is difficult to see the west bank, which includes the magnificent Old City of Jerusalem, ever being prised away from Jordan. 1960 Middle East Rec. 1 130/2 The Jordanian Foreign Minister told his Premier that any such resolution..would aggravate the situation in the West Bank. 1967 Times 10 Aug. 7/1 Even those Israelis who would gladly abandon Sinai, Gaza and the West Bank would prefer to keep the Syrian heights overlooking the Sea of Galilee. 1978 Internat. Relations Dict. (U.S. Dept. State Library) 35/2 These groups rejected..the establishment of a Palestinian state on the West Bank. 2009 Church Times 27 Feb. 5/2 The first olive oil to bear the Fairtrade certification..is produced by Palestinian olive-farmers in the West Bank. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1967 Life 29 Sept. 120A/3 Both governments seek the welfare of the west bank Arabs. 1983 ‘J. le Carré’ Little Drummer Girl ii. 32 Miss Bach had been talking wistfully of taking up the wagon-trail life of a West Bank settler. 2008 C. Newkey-Burden in J. Burchill & C. Newkey-Burden Not in my Name 58 Hamas-sparked violence led to Palestinian students at a West Bank university being brutally beaten and shot by their own people. Derivatives ˌWest ˈBanker n. a native or inhabitant of the West Bank. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Israel or Palestine > [noun] > parts of Samaritanc1000 Nazareea1425 Nazarene?c1425 abstainer1535 Nazarite1535 Hierosolymitan1538 Hierosolymitea1557 Judaean1596 Galilean1611 Tel Avivian1939 West Banker1957 1957 J. Morris Market of Seleukia ii. xviii. 164 A Jordanian is now a ‘west banker’ or an ‘east banker’ according to whether he lives on the west or the east side of the Jordan river. 1968 N.Y. Times 22 Dec. iv. 4/6 The many interviews given by King Hussein who often refers to granting more self-government to the West Bankers. 1995 Economist 18 Feb. 58/2 In the past three months, 2,400 West Bankers have been arrested by the Israelis without charge or trial. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1957
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