Jerusalem

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine.
2. (countable, uncountable) A poem by William Blake, used as an unofficial national anthem in England.
3. (countable, uncountable) A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:
4. (countable, uncountable) A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:
5. (countable, uncountable) A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:
6. (countable, uncountable) A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:
7. (countable, uncountable) A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:
8. (countable, uncountable) A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:
9. (countable, uncountable) A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:
10. (countable, uncountable) A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:
11. (countable, uncountable) A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:
12. (countable, uncountable) A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:
13. (countable, uncountable) A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:

Synonyms

capital of Israel

Translations

Jérusalem

Gerusalemme

Jerusalén

Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Jerusalém

Jeruzalem

Hierosolyma

Kudüs

Ιερουσαλήμ

القدس

قدس

بيت المقدس

Hierusalem

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒəˈɹuːsələm/

Etymology

From Old English Hierusalem or Old French Jherusalem or Late Latin Ierusalem, Hierusalem, from Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim).