Adjacent Words

Israeli definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people n
1: a native or inhabitant of Israel

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Modern Hebrew yi?r?'?l?, from Hebrew, Israelite, noun & adjective, from Yi?r?'?l Date: 1948 of or relating to the people or the republic of Israel II. noun (plural Israelis; also Israeli) Date: 1948 a native or inhabitant of the republic of Israel

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. of or relating to the modern State of Israel in the Middle East. --n. 1 a native or national of Israel. 2 a person of Israeli descent. Etymology: Israel, a later name of Jacob, ult. f. Heb. yisra' el he that strives with God (Gen.
32:28) + -I(2)

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Israelis) 1. Israeli means belonging or relating to Israel, or to its people or culture. ADJ 2. An Israeli is an Israeli citizen, or a person of Israeli origin. N-COUNT