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2024-06-03 01:40:34 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 516F9595B1A6D5B4C9AD6FE1B35D8E034A346EC5EA638539C16833B3F9BB81A6
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Original Note:
Arabic speakers pronounce Palestine as Falastin. Additionally, the name Palestine derives not from Rome but from earlier inhabitants of the area, who referred to it as Philistine/Peleshet/Palastu. src: Bernard Lewis, Palestine: On the History and Geography of a Name https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.1980.9640202
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