JERUSALEM


Meaning of JERUSALEM in English

jə̇ˈrüs](ə)ləm also -üz] or ]əˌlem\ adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: from Jerusalem, Palestine, from Late Latin Jerusalem, Hierusalem, from Greek Ierousalēm, Hierousalēm, from Hebrew Yĕrūshālaim

: of or from Jerusalem, a city of Palestine now divided between the Republic of Israel of which it is the capital and the Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan : of the kind or style prevalent in Jerusalem

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