al-Quds

See also: Al-Quds

English

Alternative forms

• Al-Quds

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic اَلْقُدْس (al-quds, “the Holiness”), short for بَيْتُ اَلْقُدْس (baytu l-quds, “the House of the Holiness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɒl ˈkʊdz/, /æl ˈkʊdz/

Proper noun

al-Quds

1. (chiefly used by Muslims and Arabs) Synonym of Jerusalem, viewed by many Palestinians as the capital of Palestine.

Synonyms

• Quds, Bayt al-Quds
• Bayt al-Maqdis, Bayt al-Muqaddas, Quds as-Sarif

Translations

Jerusalem — see Jerusalem

See also

• Israel
• Palestine
• East al-Quds