Arafat

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[ 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

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

Example Sentences

Arafat was accompanied by his security chiefs, Mohammed Dahlan, Amin al-Hindi and Jibril Rajoub.

From Ozy

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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