Usually means: Region historically inhabited by Philistines.
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  1. Philistia, philistia: Merriam-Webster
  2. Philistia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Philistia: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Philistia: Vocabulary.com
  5. Philistia: Wordnik
  6. Philistia: Wiktionary
  7. Philistia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Philistia: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Philistia: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Philistia: Dictionary.com
  11. Philistia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Philistia: Rhymezone
  13. philistia: FreeDictionary.org
  14. philistia: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Philistia: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. philistia: Dictionary.com

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  1. Philistia: Encyclopedia

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Philistia: Easton Bible
  2. Philistia: Smith's Bible Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (historical) An ancient pentapolis in south-western Levant, comprising Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza.

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Ekron, Filistin, Gaza, strip, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Ashqelon, zoar, Ascalon, Mandatory Palestine, more...

Opposite:
cultured, refined, sophisticated

Adjectives:
ancient, southern, northern, whole, south, old, classical, sunny, modern, pleasant, class

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Similar:
Ekron, Filistin, Gaza, strip, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Ashqelon, zoar, Ascalon, Mandatory Palestine, more...

Opposite:
cultured, refined, sophisticated

Adjectives:
ancient, southern, northern, whole, south, old, classical, sunny, modern, pleasant, class



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