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PLO
abbr.
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
abbreviation for
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Palestine Liberation Organization
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Noun1.PLO - a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority
Palestine Liberation Organization
al-Asifa, al-Fatah, Fatah - a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups; "al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s"
political movement - a group of people working together to achieve a political goal
Palestine - a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948
Translations
PLO N ABBR =Palestine Liberation Organization → OLP f
PLO [ˌpiːɛlˈəʊ] n abbr (=Palestine Liberation Organization) → OLP f(= Organisation de libération de la Palestine)
PLO abbr of Palestine Liberation Organization → PLO f
PLO [ˌpiːɛlˈəʊ] n abbr =Palestine Liberation Organization → OLP f
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