fatah
noun
Simple meaning
A major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈfɑtə
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Definition
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noun
A major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C1 · Advanced (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
- Formality
- Technical
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: A major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Used this way, fatah is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in government or politics contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Government/politics
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More ways to use fatah
- “Al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s.”noun
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Compound terms
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A Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974.
A Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974.
A terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah.
A Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state.
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