Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

west bank

/wɛst bæŋk/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

Syllables: west- bank
IPA: /wɛst bæŋk/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Palestinian territory on the west bank of the Jordan river, claimed by and under the partial administration of the State of Palestine, and illegally occupied by Israel.

name

The west bank of the Mississippi River within the vicinity of New Orleans; home to several distinct communities, including Algiers, the only neighborhood of New Orleans proper located west of the river. Contrasted with the East Bank.

Example Sentences

"2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Smaller than Delaware, packed with 2.7 million people, the core of a proposed future Palestinian state, the occupied West Bank is partitioned by the Oslo Accords into zones of Palestinian and Israeli control."
"Mr Shapiro also criticised the way Israel governs in the occupied lands, saying “too much Israeli vigilantism in the West Bank goes unchecked,” he said."
"Prominent Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti told the BBC the closure was a "dangerous move" that meant "imprisoning" people in the West Bank and "depriving them from the only passage out"."

Etymology

* (Sense 1) Calque of Arabic الضِّفَّة الْغَرْبِيَّة (aḍ-ḍiffa(t) al-ḡarbiyya, literally “the west bank”), so called due to its location relative to the Jordan River. * (Sense 2) From its location relative to the Mississippi River (and not New Orleans, which it is south of).

Inflected Forms

the West Bank (canonical)

Phrases

West Banker

Questions

How do you pronounce west bank?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɛst bæŋk/.
What does west bank mean?: A Palestinian territory on the west bank of the Jordan river, claimed by and under the partial administration of the State of Palestine, and illegally occupied by Israel.
Where does west bank come from?: * (Sense 1) Calque of Arabic الضِّفَّة الْغَرْبِيَّة (aḍ-ḍiffa(t) al-ḡarbiyya, literally “the west bank”), so called due to its location relative to the Jordan River. * (Sense 2) From its location relative to the Mississippi River (and not New Orleans, which it is south of).

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