intifada
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intifada /ˌɪntɪˈfɑːdə/
▶noun the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, beginning in 1987.
– origin from Arab. intifāḍa ‘an uprising’, from intifaḍa ‘be shaken, shake oneself’.
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