Paleozoic era
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～ from 544 million to about 230 million years ago
paleozoic
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～ from 544 million to about 230 million years ago
paleozoology
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～ the study of fossil animals
Palermo
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～ the capital of Sicily; located in northwestern Sicily; an important port for 3000 years
Palestine Liberation Front
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～ a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border
palestine
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～ a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948
Palestine
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～ an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
Palestine Authority
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～ combines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force; created in 1993 by an agreement between Israel and the PLO
Palestine National Authority
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～ combines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force; created in 1993 by an agreement between Israel and the PLO
Palestine Islamic Jihad
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～ a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Hamas
Palestine Liberation Organization
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～ 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
palestinian
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～ a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine
Palestinian Arab
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～ a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
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～ a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Hamas
Palestinian National Authority
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～ combines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under a political unit with limited autonomy and a police force; created in 1993 by an agreement between Israel and the PLO
Palestinian Hizballah
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～ a little known Palestinian group comprised of members of Hamas and Tanzim with suspected ties to the Lebanese Hizballah; responsible for suicide bombings in Israel
palestra
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～ a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes
Palestrina
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～ Italian composer (1526-1594)