An extreme left-wing political party in the state of Israel, formed in 1948.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Jerusalem Post. From modern Hebrew MPM (read as mapam), acronym from the initial letters of Miplegeṯ ha-Pōʿălīm ha-Mĕ'uḥeḏeṯ United Workers' Party.
Definition of Mapam in US English:
Mapam
nounmaˈpɑːm
An extreme left-wing political party in the state of Israel, formed in 1948.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Jerusalem Post. From modern Hebrew MPM (read as mapam), acronym from the initial letters of Miplegeṯ ha-Pōʿălīm ha-Mĕ'uḥeḏeṯ United Workers' Party.