General Reference
- Pronunciation: /ˈpælɨstaɪn/
- Common English country names: Palestinian territories; Occupied Palestinian Territories/Occupied Palestinian Territory/Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Palestinian Authority territories; Palestinian Authority areas; West Bank and Gaza Strip
- Official English country name: U.S. State Department: Palestinian Territories ; E.U. ISO 3166-1: Palestinian Territory, Occupied ; UN-affiliated organizations: Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Common endonym(s): al-ʼarāḍi-l-filasṭinīya (Arabic: الأراضي الفلسطينيّة); filasṭīn (Arabic: فلسطين, also transliterated falasṭīn and filisṭīn; al-ʼarāḍi-l-muḥtalla
- Official endonym(s): N/A
- Adjectival(s): Palestinian
- Demonym(s): Palestinian people (aš-šaʿb al-filasṭīnīy), Palestinians (al-filasṭīnīyūn), or Palestinian Arabs (al-ʿarab al-Filasṭīnīyūn)
- Etymology: Timeline of the name Palestine, Name of Palestine, Place names in Palestine
- ISO country codes: PS, PSE, 275
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:PS
- Internet country code top-level domain: .ps
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