Jerusalem

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

[edit] English

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Late Latin Ierusalem, Hierusalem, from Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalēm), from Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim), from Western Semitic Urušalimmi (attested in Ancient Egyptian), compound of Semitic *uru 'house, town' and *salim either 'peace' or 'Shalim, Canaanite goddess of twilight'.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • enPR: jə-ro͞o'sə-ləm, jə-ro͞o'zə-ləm, IPA: /dʒəˈruːsələm/, /dʒəˈruːzələm/, X-SAMPA: /dZ@"ru:s@l@m/, /dZ@"ru:z@l@m/

[edit] Proper noun

Jerusalem

  1. Ancient city of Palestine and the current capital of Israel; a holy city for Judaism (Temple of Solomon and the capital of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judeah), Christianity (Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection), and Islam (Muhammad’s ascension to heaven).

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

[edit] Synonyms

  • al-Quds (especially in the English language Arab press)

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Proper noun

Jerusalem

  1. Jerusalem

[edit] See also

Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Views
Actions
Navigation
Toolbox
In other languages