"Zionist entity" meaning in English

See Zionist entity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Zionist entity [canonical]
Etymology: Calque of Arabic الكِيَان الصِّهْيُونِيّ (al-kiyān aṣ-ṣihyūniyy). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ar|الكِيَان الصِّهْيُونِيّ}} Calque of Arabic الكِيَان الصِّهْيُونِيّ (al-kiyān aṣ-ṣihyūniyy) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1}} the Zionist entity
  1. (Middle East, derogatory or dysphemistic) Israel, viewed by Palestinians and their supporters as an illegitimate regime ruled by Zionists. Tags: East, Middle Categories (topical): Nationalism, Zionism Categories (place): Derogatory names for countries, Israel Translations (pejorative term for the State of Israel): الكِيَان الصِّهْيُونِيّ (al-kiyān aṣ-ṣihyūniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), entité sioniste [feminine] (French), הַיְּשׁוּת הַצִּיּוֹנִית (ha-yeshút ha-tsiyonít) [feminine] (Hebrew), הַמִּשְׁטָר הַצִּיּוֹנִי (ha-mishtár ha-tsiyoní) [masculine] (Hebrew), entità sionista [feminine] (Italian), regime sionista [masculine] (Italian), rejim Zionis (Malay), رژیم صهیونیستی (režim-e sayhunisti) (Persian), сиони́стское образова́ние (sionístskoje obrazovánije) [neuter] (Russian), entidad sionista [feminine] (Spanish), régimen sionista [masculine] (Spanish), صیہونی وجود (saihūnī vajūd) [masculine] (Urdu), صہیونی وجود (sahyūnī vajūd) [masculine] (Urdu)
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