English Explanatory Dictionary

Israelian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the northern kingdom of ancient Israel, its people, or their language.
  2. Israeli.
noun
  1. A person from the northern kingdom of ancient Israel.
  2. An Israeli.

Word forms

Israelian Israelians

Etymology

From Israel + -ian, in the historical sense coined by American Jewish theologian Harold Louis Ginsberg in 1982 in contrast to Israelite. Mostly used by non-native speakers of English, instead of the standard word Israeli.

Related words

Israeli Israel Israelite
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