in·ti·fa·da also in·ti·fa·dah ( n t -fä d)n. An uprising among Palestinian Arabs of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, beginning in late 1987 and continuing sporadically into the early 1990s, in protest against continued Israeli occupation of these territories. [Arabic intif   a, shudder, awakening, uprising, from intifaa, to be shaken, wake up, derived stem of nafaa, to shake; see np in Semitic roots.] |
intifada [ˌɪntɪˈfɑːdə]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the Palestinian uprising against Israel in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that started at the end of 1987
[Arabic, literally: uprising]
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| Noun | 1. | intifada - 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" insurrection, revolt, uprising, rising, rebellion - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another |
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