palestine liberation organization

1. 1.

   a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority

   SynonymsPLO

   Broaderpolitical movement

   Palestine

Questions about palestine liberation organization

What does palestine liberation organization mean?

palestine liberation organization means "a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority".

What is another word for palestine liberation organization?

Close synonyms include PLO. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is palestine liberation organization a common word?

palestine liberation organization is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.