three-state solution
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A proposed approach to resolving the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, by returning administrative control of the West Bank to Jordan and the Gaza Strip to Egypt.
noun
The situation in which the Palestinian Authority governs the West Bank, Israel controls its sovereign territory and Hamas rules the Gaza Strip.
noun
A proposed approach to resolving the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, with the creation of a new Christian state.
Example Sentences
- "To a large extent, residents of Gaza and the West Bank are two different peoples, and the idea of a three-state solution — Israel, plus a Hamas-run Gaza and a Fatah-governed West Bank — makes historical sense."
- ""The only solution here, if you’re going to have a two-state solution, you have to have a three-state solution… you have to have a Christian state," he said."
Inflected Forms
the three-state solution (canonical)