Israël

proper noun

Obsolete and non-native speakers' English spelling of Israel.

OriginDutch Israël ← French Israël →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Obsolete and non-native speakers' English spelling of Israel.

    Cor, my husband, and I are going to Israël at the end of next month.

    2003 August 25, Fam van Delft, “Israël”, in alt.religion.christian.home-church (Usenet), retrieved 01 Jun 2022
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    I Say then: Hath God reiected his people? God forbid, for I alſo am an Iſraëlite, of the ſeede of Abraham, of the tribe of Ben-iamin. † God hath not reiected his people vvhich he foreknevve. Or knovv you not in Elias vvhat the Scripture ſaith: hovv he requeſteth God againſt Iſraël?

    1582, The Nevv Testament of Iesus Christ: […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Rheims: Iohn Fogny, →OCLC, Romanes 11:1–2, page 409

    hi there, i will be going to israël very shorlty, and i'd like to go visit a few sites and communes where they apply ecological philosophy and permaculture.....

    1999 May 20, salmieri, “ecology-community things to do in israël???”, in rec.travel.misc (Usenet), retrieved 01 Jun 2022

    If it is 200 jews leaving France per day, they would be all gone to Israël in 9 years (2013)

    2004 July 29, kodok, “200 French Jews Rescued From Jew-Hating France!!!”, in alt.france (Usenet), retrieved 01 Jun 2022

Origin

  1. FrenchIsraël
  2. DutchIsraël
  3. EnglishIsraël

In non-native speakers’ English: borrowed from Dutch Israël or French Israël.

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APA

Israël. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Isra%C3%ABl

MLA

“Israël.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Isra%C3%ABl. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Israël,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Isra%C3%ABl.

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