Definitions
Historical region in northern Israel.
Word origin
From late Middle English galilie, from Old French galilee, from Medieval Latin galilaea, from Latin Galilaea (“Galilee”). Possibly the allusion is to Galilee being an outlying region of Biblical Palestine.
Used in a sentence
“Last spring I organised a race for birdwatchers in Jenin, and we had 21 Palestinians participating. They came from as far as the Naqab desert and the Galilee.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Biblical region”7 letters
02“Northern Israel region”7 letters
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