Arafat

¹ American  

[ar-uh-fat, ahr-uh-faht] / ˈær əˌfæt, ˈɑr əˌfɑt /

noun

1. Yasir 1929–2004, Palestinian leader: head of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

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ʿArafat ² American  

[ahr-uh-fat, ar-uh-fat] / ˌɑr əˈfæt, ˈær əˌfæt /

noun

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

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Arafat ¹ British  

/ ˈærəfæt /

noun

1. Also called: Jabal ar Rahm.  a hill in W Saudi Arabia, near Mecca: a sacred site of Islam, visited by pilgrims performing the hajj

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Arafat ² British  

noun

1. 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

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Example Sentences

Yet Yasir Arafat, the former Palestinian leader, always maintained good ties with the Samaritan leadership, said Aharon HaCohen, a Samaritan priest who spent most of his life working for Palestinian civil institutions.

From New York Times

“Until now, children have been the hidden victims of this pandemic,” said Dr. Yasir Arafat, Asia health adviser to the nonprofit group Save the Children.

From New York Times

Mount Arafat is also where Prophet Mohammad gave his last sermon.

From Reuters

“We have checked 36 body bags, but it is very difficult to identify her,” her brother-in-law Arafat Rahman said.

From Seattle Times

The 85-year-old heir to Arafat had pledged presidential and parliamentary elections this year for the first time since 2006, only to indefinitely postpone them in April.

From Washington Post