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Gaza Strip

Definition: Gaza Strip

Gaza Strip

Noun

1. A coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym by domain: gaza (geography, politics & international affaires).

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Crosswords: Gaza Strip

English words defined with "Gaza Strip": intifada. (references)

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Modern Usage: Gaza Strip

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Gaza Strip (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Gaza Strip

DomainTitle

References

  • A Strategic Profile of Gaza Strip,1999 edition (reference)

  • The 2001 Gaza Strip Economic and Product Market Databook (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Breaking Ranks: Refusing to Serve in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Gaza Strip

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Israel and the occupied territories

Israelis moving into and out of the Gaza Strip are permitted to use their cars. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Except for senior PA officials, Palestinians of all ages crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel are not permitted to travel by car across the main checkpoint. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Even in periods before the Intifada, Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip found it difficult to obtain permits to work, visit, study, or obtain medical care in Israel. (references)

Economic History

Egypt

Israel also occupied the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights. (references)

Israel

Israeli forces withdrew in March 1957, after the United Nations established the UN Emergency Force (UNEF) in the Gaza Strip and Sinai. (references)

Jordan

During 2001, foreign and domestic investments are expected to grow slowly due mostly to continuing violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (references)

Political Economy

Israel

The Paris Protocol, signed in April of 1994, was also incorporated into the May 1994 Agreement on the Gaza Strip and Jericho Area. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

In September 1995, Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) signed the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. (references)

West Bank

While it is usually possible to determine what laws apply in particular situations, the applicable law in a specific instance is often applied differently in the West Bank than it may be in the Gaza Strip. (references)

Travel

West Bank

Pursuant to the terms of the Declaration of Principles and the Interim Agreement, certain powers and responsibilities for the Gaza Strip and the West Bank have been transferred to the Palestinian Authority. (references)

Worker Rights

Israel and the occupied territories

Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip who worked in Israel were not able to join Israeli trade unions or organize their own unions in Israel. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gaza Strip

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

gaza strip

144

west bank and gaza strip

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Gaza Strip

Language Translations for "Gaza Strip"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

ガザ地区 (aluminum-foil burner liner, foreign worker, gadget, gadget bag, gas, gas bomb, gas chromatography, gas mask, gas station, gas turbine, gasket, gastrocamera, gastronomic, gastronomist, gastronomy). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ガザちく. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

azagay ipstray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Gaza Strip

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-p-r-s-t-z"

-3 letters: agrias, arista, gazars, gratis, rapist, riatas, satrap, spritz, taigas, tapirs, tarsia, tiaras.

-4 letters: agars, agist, agria, airts, apart, arias, astir, ataps, atria, atrip, gaits, gazar, girts, grasp, grips, gript, grist, grits, izars, pairs, paisa, paras, paris, parts, pasta, pitas, prats, prigs, ragas, ragis, raias, riata, saiga, sitar, sizar, spait, spirt, spitz, sprag, sprat, sprig, sprit, staig, stair, stirp, strap, stria, strip, taiga, tapas, tapir, tapis, tarps, tarsi, tiara, tragi, traps, trigs, trips, tzars.

-5 letters: agar, agas, airs, airt, aits, aria, arts, atap, gait, gaps, gars, gasp, gast, gats, gips, girt, gist, gits, grat, grip, grit, izar, pair, para, pars, part, past, pats, pias, pigs, pita, pits, prat, prig, raga, ragi, rags, raia, raps, rapt, rasp, rats, rias, rigs, rips, ritz, saga, sari, sati, spar, spat, spaz, spit, stag, star, stir, tags, tapa, taps, tarp, tars, tips, trap, trig, trip, tsar, tzar, zags, zaps, zigs, zips, zits.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-g-i-p-r-s-t-z"
 

+3 letters: parasitizing.

 

+5 letters: epigrammatizes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Gaza Strip


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 61 7A 61      53 74 72 69 70

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01100001 01111010 01100001 00100000 01010011 01110100 01110010 01101001 01110000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#97 &#122 &#97 &#32 &#83 &#116 &#114 &#105 &#112

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0061 007A 0061      0053 0074 0072 0069 0070

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4167926725386847582

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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