Mount of Olives

English

Etymology

Named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes.

Proper noun

Mount of Olives

1. A mountain ridge east of and adjacent to the Old City of Jerusalem, a holy place for both Judaism and Christianity.

Synonyms

• Mount Olivet

Translations

mountain ridge

• Arabic: جَبَل الزَّيْتُون m (jabal az-zaytūn)
• Armenian: Ձիթենյաց լեռ (Jitʻenyacʻ leṙ)

  Old Armenian: լեառն Ձիթենեաց (leaṙn Jitʻeneacʻ)

• Danish: Oliebjerget
• Dutch: Olijfberg m
• Finnish: Öljymäki (fi)
• French: mont des Oliviers (fr) m, montagne des Oliviers f
• German: Ölberg m
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• Greek: Όρος των Ελαιών n (Óros ton Elaión)
• Hebrew: הַר הַזֵּיתִים (he) m (har hazeitím)
• Japanese: 橄欖山 (かんらんざん, kanranzan)
• Latin: Mōns Olīvētī m
• Plautdietsch: Oliewen Boajch m
• Polish: Góra Oliwna (pl) f
• Russian: Елео́нская гора́ (Jeleónskaja gorá), Ма́сли́чная гора́ (Máslíčnaja gorá)
• Swahili: mlima wa Mizeituni class 3