israel   (TTS Sound)

The noun israel has 2 senses

• Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion -- (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)


• Israel -- (an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC)