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

He told a mostly Jewish audience that he would welcome Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, to Boston if he came peacefully.

From New York Times

Others, like Arafat Ates, 63, and his wife Zeliha, 53, sleep upright on seats.

From Reuters

I crossed the checkpoints with Palestinian workers, wandered the refugee camps of Gaza and the villages of West Bank, talked to Hamas leaders and asked questions of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat.

From Los Angeles Times

He became leader of both when Arafat died in 2004, and a year later was elected president of the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited sovereignty in the West Bank.

From Reuters

In the 1990s, however, Arafat signed a peace deal with Israel and the Palestinian Authority was created to administer Gaza and parts of the occupied West Bank.

From Washington Times