| Noun | 1. | Philistia - an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in Biblical timesCanaan, Holy Land, Promised Land, Palestine - an ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism Dagon - god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines | |