American English pronunciation

How to pronounce fatah

IPA transcription: ['fɑtə]

Pronunciation variants: ['fɑtə][fə'tɑ]

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Noun

  • a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups

    “al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s”

Usage examples

  • Fatah also claimed that he was warned by police of threats to his safety.