English Explanatory Dictionary

Jerusalem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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. A poem by William Blake, used as an unofficial national anthem in England.
  3. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land:
  4. A place in the United States:
  5. A census-designated place in Conway County, Arkansas.
  6. An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
  7. An unincorporated community in Lima Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
  8. A town in Yates County, New York.
  9. A township in Lucas County, Ohio.
  10. A village in Monroe County, Ohio.
  11. An unincorporated community in the town of Narragansett, Washington County, Rhode Island.
  12. Former name of Courtland, Southampton County, Virginia.

Pronunciation

jə-ro͞o'sə-ləm jə-ro͞o'zə-ləm /d͡ʒəˈɹuːsələm/ /d͡ʒəˈɹuːzələm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jerusalem.wav

Word forms

Jerusalem Jerusalems

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).

Synonyms

al-Quds Hierosolyma Hiruharama Gisborne District New Zealand

Derived words

Fallen Jerusalem Island Jerusalem artichoke Jerusalem cherry Jerusalem cricket Jerusalem cross Jerusalem Day Jerusalem haddock Jerusalemite Jerusalem mixed grill Jerusalem oak Jerusalem pine Jerusalem pony Jerusalem sage Jerusalem Sunday Jerusalem syndrome Jerusalem Talmud Jerusalem thorn Jewrusalem New Jerusalem oak of Jerusalem Old Jerusalem Island Palestinian Jerusalem Temple in Jerusalem trip to Jerusalem East Jerusalemite West Jerusalemite Walls of Jerusalem
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