Syria-Palestine

== English == === Proper noun === Syria-Palestine A cultural region of Western Asia consisting of the eastern Mediterranean countries, i.e. Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus; the Levant. Synonyms: Levant, Greater Syria ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with Syria Palaestina, a Roman province encompassing only a small part of "Syria-Palestine". Sometimes preferred over the "colonial" term Levant and the potentially irredentist-sounding Greater Syria. ==== Derived terms ==== Syro-Palestinian ==== Translations ====