West Bank

English

Proper noun

West Bank

A Palestinian territory on the west bank of the Jordan river, claimed by both Israel and the State of Palestine.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
  Smaller than Delaware, packed with 2.7 million people, the core of a proposed future Palestinian state, the occupied West Bank is partitioned by the Oslo Accords into zones of Palestinian and Israeli control.

Synonyms

Judea and Samaria

Holonyms

State of Palestine, Palestine

Translations

territory

Afrikaans: Wesoewer
Arabic: اَلضِّفَّة اَلْغَرْبِيَّة‎ f (aḍ-ḍiffa l-ḡarbiyya)
Armenian: Հորդանան գետի արևմտյան ափ (Hordanan geti arewmtyan apʿ)
Azerbaijani: İordan çayının qərb sahili
Belarusian: Захо́дні бе́раг ракі́ Іарда́н m (Zaxódni bjérah rakí Iardán), Захо́дні бе́раг m (Zaxódni bjérah)
Bulgarian: За́паден бряг m (Západen brjag)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 約旦河西岸地區, 约旦河西岸地区 (Yuēdàn hé xī'àn dìqū), 西岸地區, 西岸地区 (xī'àn dìqū)
Czech: Západní břeh Jordánu m
Danish: Vestbredden
Dutch: Westelijke Jordaanoever m
Esperanto: Cisjordanio
Estonian: Jordani Läänekallas
Finnish: Länsiranta (fi)
French: Cisjordanie (fr) f
Georgian: მდინარე იორდანეს დასავლეთი ნაპირი (mdinare iordanes dasavleti naṗiri)
German: Westbank (de) f, Westjordanland (de) n, (Switzerland) Cisjordanien (de) n, (dated or rare) Westjordanien n
Greek: Δυτική Όχθη f (Dytikí Óchthi)
Hebrew: יהודה ושומרון‎ (yehuda ve-shomron), הַגָּדָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית‎ f (hagadah hama'aravít)
Hindi: पश्चिमी तट (paścimī taṭ)
Hungarian: Ciszjordánia (hu)
Icelandic: Vesturbakkinn
Indonesian: Tepi Barat
Irish: an Bruach Thiar m
Italian: Cisgiordania f
Japanese: ヨルダン川西岸地区 (Yorudan gawa seigan chiku), 西岸地区 (せいがんちく, seigan chiku)
Khmer: វ៉ែសបែង (vaesbaeŋ)
Korean: 요르단 강 서안 지구 (Yoreudan gang seo-an jigu)

Latvian: Rietumkrasts m
Lithuanian: Vakarų Krantas (lt) m
Macedonian: За́паден Брег m (Západen Breg)
Malay: Tebing Barat
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Vestbredden
Ossetian: Цæугæдон Иорданы Ныгуылæн Был (Cæugædon Iordany Nyg°ylæn Byl)
Persian: کرانه باختری‎ (karâne-ye bâxtari)
Polish: Zachodni Brzeg (pl) m
Portuguese: Cisjordânia (pt) f
Romanian: Cisiordania
Russian: За́падный бе́рег реки́ Иорда́н m (Západnyj béreg rekí Iordán), За́падный бе́рег m (Západnyj béreg)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Западна обала f

Roman: Zapadna obala f
Sinhalese: බටහිර ඉවුර (baṭahira ivura)
Slovak: Západný breh Jordánu m
Slovene: Zahodni breg m
Spanish: Cisjordania f
Swedish: Västbanken (sv)
Tagalog: Kanlurang Pampang
Tamil: மேற்குக் கரை (mēṟkuk karai)
Thai: เวสต์แบงก์ (th) (wâyt-baeng)
Turkish: Batı Şeria
Ukrainian: За́хідний бе́рег ріки́ Йорда́н m (Záxidnyj béreh riký Jordán), За́хідний бе́рег m (Záxidnyj béreh)
Uyghur: غەربىي قىرغاق‎ (gherbiy qirghaq)
Vietnamese: Bờ Tây

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