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
Albanian: Bregu Perëndimor m
Arabic: الضِّفَّة الْغَرْبِيَّة‎ f (aḍ-ḍiffa l-ḡarbiyya)
Armenian: Հորդանան գետի արևմտյան ափ (Hordanan geti arewmtyan apʿ)
Asturian: Cixordania f
Azerbaijani: İordan çayının qərb sahili
Belarusian: Захо́дні бе́раг ракі́ Іарда́н m (Zaxódni bjérah rakí Iardán), Захо́дні бе́раг m (Zaxódni bjérah)
Bengali: পশ্চিম তীর (pôścim tīr)
Bulgarian: За́паден бряг m (Západen brjag)
Burmese: အနောက်ဘက်ကမ်း (a.naukbhakkam:)
Catalan: Cisjordània f
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 c
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: יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן‎ m pl (y'hudá v'shom'rón), הַגָּדָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית‎ (he) f (ha-gadá ha-ma'aravít)
Hindi: पश्चिमी तट m (paścimī taṭ), वेस्ट बैंक m (vesṭ baiṅk)
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 (ヨルダンがわせいがんちく, Yorudan gawa seigan chiku), 西岸地区 (せいがんちく, Seigan chiku)
Kazakh: Иордан өзенінің батыс жағалауы (Iordan özenınıñ batys jağalauy), Батыс жағалау (Batys jağalau)
Khmer: វ៉ែសបែង (vaehbaeng), វ៉េសប៊ែង (veehbɛɛng)
Korean: 요르단 강 서안 지구 (Yoreudan gang seoan jigu)
Kyrgyz: Иордан дарыясынын Батыш жээги (İordan darıyasının Batış jeegi), Батыш Жээк (Batış Jeek)
Latvian: Rietumkrasts m
Lithuanian: Vakarų Krantas (lt) m
Macedonian: Западен Брег m (Zapaden Breg)
Malay: Tebing Barat
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Vestbredden m or f
Ossetian: Цӕугӕдон Иорданы Ныгуылӕн Был (Cæwgædon Iordany Nyg°ylæn Byl)
Persian: کرانه باختری‎ (karâne-ye bâxtari)
Polish: Zachodni Brzeg (pl) m
Portuguese: Cisjordânia (pt) f
Romanian: Cisiordania f
Russian: За́падный бе́рег реки́ Иорда́н (ru) m (Západnyj béreg rekí Iordán), За́падный бе́рег m (Západnyj béreg)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Западна обала f
Roman: Zapadna obala f
Sinhalese: බටහිර ඉවුර (baṭahira iwura)
Slovak: Západný breh Jordánu m
Slovene: Zahodni breg m
Spanish: Cisjordania f
Swedish: Västbanken (sv) c
Tagalog: Kanlurang Pampang
Tajik: Соҳили Ғарбӣ (Sohili Ġarbī)
Tamil: மேற்குக் கரை (mēṟkuk karai)
Thai: เวสต์แบงก์ (th) (wéet-bɛ́ng)
Turkish: Batı Şeria
Turkmen: Günbatar Şeriýa
Ukrainian: За́хідний бе́рег ріки́ Йорда́н m (Záxidnyj béreh riký Jordán), За́хідний бе́рег m (Záxidnyj béreh)
Urdu: مَغْرِبی کِنارَہ‎ m (maġribī kināra)
Uyghur: غەربىي قىرغاق‎ (gherbiy qirghaq)
Uzbek: Gʻarbiy Sohil, Iordan daryosining gʻarbiy qirgʻogʻi
Vietnamese: Bờ Tây