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Al Fatah

[ ahl fah-tah ]

noun

  1. a guerrilla group within the Palestine Liberation Organization.


Al Fatah

/ æl ˈfætə /

noun

  1. See Fatah
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of Al Fatah1

First recorded in 1965–70; from Arabic al “the” + acronym in reverse alphabetical order from the name of the organization Ḥ(arakat) T(aḥrīr) F(ilastīn) “Movement for the Liberation of Palestine,” with play on fataḥ “to conquer”

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