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Re:فلسطين. top-level domain representing the Occupied Palest... by lunchbox on Friday September 07, 2012 @03:53PM (#4490867)
It must depend on your definition of "abbreviation". For example, Hamas and Fatah (the main political parties in Palestine) are both acronyms. Fatah is actually a reverse acronym.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#Etymology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah#Etymology

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Re:فلسطين. top-level domain representing the Occupied Palest... by hasenj on Friday September 07, 2012 @04:32PM (#4491051)
Both words actually have a meaning, "hamas" means "enthusiasm", and "fatah" means "conquest" or "revelation".
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Re:فلسطين. top-level domain representing the Occupied Palest... by wapper on Saturday September 08, 2012 @05:47AM (#4492675)
Heh. You're kidding right ?

We're defending the rights of the oppressed minority against the Jews, and that oppressed minority that unites under the party "conquest" ? Seriously ?

If this is your name, how the hell would you defend the idea that palestinians are just trying to live independantly ?

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Re:فلسطين. top-level domain representing the Occupied Palest... by hasenj on Saturday September 08, 2012 @06:06AM (#4492691)
It doesn't work like that. "We" are not just the oppressed minority, we are a people with history - you have to appeal to national pride.
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Re:فلسطين. top-level domain representing the Occupied Palest... by sliverstorm on Friday September 07, 2012 @04:04PM (#4490925)
Well, an acronym is a very specific type of abbreviation.
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