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The Philistines were a people who once occupied the south-western part of Canaan.

Philistines or philistine may also refer to:

• Residents of the region of Palestine, sometimes referred to as 'Philistines' by British writers of the 18th and very early 19th century, though the ancient Philistines were a distinct people from the Arabs later referred to as Palestinians
• Philistine, a derogatory term for a person deficient in the liberal arts culture
• An elite unit of the South African Defence Force
• The Philistines (Pisemsky novel), an 1877 novel by Alexey Pisemsky
• The Philistines , a 1901 play by Maxim Gorky
• The Philistine , a periodical that was written, edited, and published by Elbert Hubbard

See also

• Palestine (disambiguation)
• The Philisteins (1985–1992), an Australian garage punk band
• The Philistines Jr., an American rock band

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