Philistia

[fi-lis-tee-uh]

noun

1. an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.

Philistia

/ fɪˈlɪstɪə /

noun

1. an ancient country on the coast of SW Palestine

Other Word Forms

• Philistian adjective

Example Sentences

By Grant Allen, Author of "Strange Stories," "Philistia," "Babylon," &c.

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Armed thus with knowledge and authority, Armed and equipt, with staff, and stone in sling, Fares forth a champion for Israel, To grapple with Philistia and prevail.

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There is a very wide class, including p. xxindeed the whole of British Philistia, that cherishes a positive racial aversion to the Romany—an aversion as strong as the Russian aversion to the Jew.

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When you have tramped a few miles you begin to realise, perhaps for the first time, the heat and torment of a day's march in Philistia.

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David spent many years as captain of his outlaw band, first in the mountains of Judah and then in Philistia.

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