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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.
the West Bank
- A Palestinian territory on the west bank of the Jordan river, claimed by and under the partial administration of State of Palestine, and illegally occupied by Israel.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
- 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.
territory
- Afrikaans: Wesoewer
- Albanian: Bregu Perëndimor m (definite)
- Arabic: الضِّفَّة الْغَرْبِيَّة f (aḍ-ḍiffa l-ḡarbiyya)
- Aragonese: Cischordania f
- Armenian: Հորդանան գետի արևմտյան ափ (Hordanan geti arewmtyan apʻ)
- Asturian: Cixordania f
- Azerbaijani: İordan çayının qərb sahili
- Basque: Zisjordania
- Belarusian: Захо́дні бе́раг ракі́ Іарда́н m (Zaxódni bjérah rakí Iardán), Захо́дні бе́раг m (Zaxódni bjérah)
- Bengali: পশ্চিম তীর (pościm tir)
- Breton: Sisjordania f
- Bulgarian: За́паден бряг m (Západen brjag)
- Burmese: အနောက်ဘက်ကမ်း (a.naukbhakkam:)
- Catalan: Cisjordània f
- Chechen: Урдан хин малхбузен хийист (Urdan xin malxbuzen xiı̇ist)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 約旦河西岸地區／约旦河西岸地区 (Yuēdàn hé xī'àn dìqū), 西岸地區／西岸地区 (Xī'àn dìqū)
- Corsican: Cisghjordania f, Cisghjurdania f
- Czech: Západní břeh Jordánu m
- Danish: Vestbredden c (definite)
- Dutch: Westelijke Jordaanoever m
- Esperanto: Cisjordanio
- Estonian: Jordani Läänekallas
- Faroese: Vestari Áarbakki
- Finnish: Länsiranta (fi)
- French: Cisjordanie (fr) f
- Galician: Cisxordania (gl) f
- Georgian: მდინარე იორდანეს დასავლეთი ნაპირი (ka) (mdinare iordanes dasavleti naṗiri), დასავლეთი ნაპირი (dasavleti naṗiri)
- German: Westbank (de) f, Westjordanland (de) n, (Switzerland) Cisjordanien (de) n, Zisjordanien n, (dated or rare) Westjordanien n
- Greek: Δυτική Όχθη f (Dytikí Óchthi)
- Guaraní: Sihorytáña
- Hawaiian: Kapa Komohana
- Hebrew: יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן m pl (y'hudá v'shom'rón), הַגָּדָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית (he) f (ha-gadá ha-ma'aravít)
- Hindi: पश्चिमी तट m (paścimī taṭ), वेस्ट बैंक m (vesṭ baiṅk)
- Hungarian: Ciszjordánia (hu)
- Icelandic: Vesturbakkinn
- Ido: Cisjordania
- Indonesian: Tepi Barat
- Irish: Bruach Thiar m
- Italian: Cisgiordania f
- Japanese: ヨルダン川西岸地区 (ヨルダンがわせいがんちく, Yorudan gawa seigan chiku), 西岸地区 (せいがんちく, Seigan chiku)
- Javanese: Gisik Kulon
- Kazakh: Иордан өзенінің батыс жағалауы (İordan özenınıñ batys jağalauy), Батыс жағалау (Batys jağalau)
- Khmer: វ៉ែសបែង (vaehbaeng), វ៉េសប៊ែង (veehbɛɛng)
- Korean: 요르단 강 서안 지구 (Yoreudan gang seoan jigu), 서안 지구(西岸地區) (Seoan jigu)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: کەناری ڕۆژاوای ڕووباری ئوردن (kenarî rojaway rûbarî urdin)
- Kyrgyz: Иордан дарыясынын Батыш жээги (İordan darıyasının Batış jeegi), Батыш Жээк (Batış Jeek)
- Latin: Cisiordania f
- Latvian: Rietumkrasts m
- Limburgish: Westeleke Jordaankant
- Lithuanian: Vakarų Krantas (lt) m
- Macedonian: Западен Брег m (Zapaden Breg)
- Malagasy: Jôrdania Andrefana
- Malay: Tebing Barat
- Malayalam: വെസ്റ്റ് ബാങ്ക് (vesṟṟŭ bāṅkŭ)
- Maori: Paretai Uru
- Marathi: वेस्ट बँक (vesṭa bĕṅka)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Vestbredden m or f (definite)
- Occitan: Cisjordania f
- Ossetian: Цӕугӕдон Иорданы Ныгуылӕн Был (Cæwgædon Iordany Nyg°ylæn Byl)
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: کَرانِهٔ باخْتَری (karâne-ye bâxtari)
- Polish: Zachodni Brzeg (pl) m, Zachodni Brzeg Jordanu (pl) m, Cisjordania f
- Portuguese: Cisjordânia (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਪੱਛਮੀ ਕੰਢਾ (pacchamī kaṇḍhā)
- Romanian: Cisiordania f
- Russian: За́падный бе́рег реки́ Иорда́н (ru) m (Západnyj béreg rekí Iordán), За́падный бе́рег m (Západnyj béreg)
- Sardinian: Tzisgiordània
- Scots: Wast Bank, Cisjordan
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Западна обала f
- Roman: Zapadna obala f
- Sicilian: Cisgiurdania f
- Sinhalese: බටහිර ඉවුර (baṭahira iwura)
- Slovak: Západný breh Jordánu m
- Slovene: Zahodni breg m
- Somali: Daanta galbeed
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: Zapadny brjóh Jordana m
- Spanish: Cisjordania (es) f
- Swahili: Ukingo wa Magharibi wa Yordani
- Swedish: Västbanken (sv) c (definite)
- Tagalog: Kanlurang Pampang
- Tajik: Соҳили Ғарбӣ (Sohil-i Ġarbi)
- Tamil: மேற்குக் கரை (mēṟkuk karai)
- Thai: เวสต์แบงก์ (th) (wéet-bɛ́ng)
- Turkish: Batı Şeria
- Turkmen: Günbatar Şeriýa
- Tyap: Khwong Jenshyung
- Ukrainian: За́хідний бе́рег ріки́ Йорда́н m (Záxidnyj béreh riký Jordán), За́хідний бе́рег m (Záxidnyj béreh), Західний берег річки Йордан m (Zaxidnyj bereh ričky Jordan)
- Urdu: مَغْرِبی کِنارَہ m (maġribī kināra)
- Uyghur: غەربىي قىرغاق (gherbiy qirghaq)
- Uzbek: Gʻarbiy Sohil, Iordan daryosining gʻarbiy qirgʻogʻi, Iordan daryosining Gʻarbiy sohili
- Vietnamese: Bờ Tây
- Welsh: Y Lan Orllewinol
- West Frisian: Westjordaanlân, Sisjordaanje n
- Western Panjabi: مغربی کنارا (mġrbī knārā)
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