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Arafat

1

[ ar-uh-fat, ahr-uh-faht ]

noun

  1. Ya·sir [yah, -ser, -sir, yas, -er], 1929–2004, Palestinian leader: head of the Palestine Liberation Organization.


ʿArafat

2

[ ahr-uh-fat, ar-uh-fat ]

noun

  1. a hill 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia: site of Muslim pilgrimages.

Arafat

1

/ ˈærəfæt /

noun

  1. a hill in W Saudi Arabia, near Mecca: a sacred site of Islam, visited by pilgrims performing the hajj Also calledJabal ar Rahm
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Arafat

2

noun

  1. ArafatYasser19292004MPalestinianPOLITICS: statesman Yasser (ˈjæsə). 1929–2004, Palestinian leader; cofounder of Al Fatah (1956), leader from 1968 of the Palestine Liberation Organization, president of the Palestinian National Authority from 1996: signed a peace agreement with Israel (1993); Nobel peace prize 1994 with Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

And the 1994 Prize to Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin, and Shimon Peres for making double sure.

The only wall decoration was a large photograph of Yasser Arafat, no stranger to turmoil in Lebanon.

The Israeli MKs responded by calling their Arab counterparts savages and Arafat lovers.

In 1980, Arafat returned to Jordan for the funeral of Jordanian Prime Minister Abdelhamid Sharaf.

Masri first met Arafat in 1963, and says he initially was skeptical of the then-leader of the Fatah Movement.

The best water in Mekka is brought by a conduit from the vicinity of Arafat, six or seven hours distant.

I walked to Mount Arafat, to enjoy from its summit a more distinct view of the whole.

From thence an elevated rocky ground in the plain extends towards Arafat.

The pilgrims now pressed forward towards the mountain of Arafat, and covered its sides from top to bottom.

At the close of the sixteenth century, according to Kotobeddyn, the whole plain of Arafat was cultivated.

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