Jerusalem

Je·ru·sa·lem  (j-rs-lm, -z-)

The capital of Israel, in the east-central part of the country in the West Bank. Of immense religious and historical importance, the city was occupied as far back as the fourth millennium b.c. and became the capital of King David c. 1000 b.c. Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II in the sixth century b.c., it was later ruled by Greeks, Romans, Persians, Arabs, Crusaders, and Turks and by Great Britain under a League of Nations mandate. Israeli forces took control of the city in 1967. Jerusalem is considered a holy city to Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Population: 708,000.

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Je·rusa·lem·ite (-l-mt) n.

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Jerusalem - capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom capital of Israel Holy Sepulcher, Holy Sepulchre - the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection Temple of Jerusalem, Temple of Solomon - any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine Calvary, Golgotha - a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified Sion, Zion - originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem; "the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'" Wailing Wall - a wall in Jerusalem; sacred to Jews as a place of prayer and lamentation; its stones are believed to have formed part of the Temple of Solomon

Translations

Jerusalem [dʒəˈruːsləm] n → Jerusalén m

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Jerusalem [dʒəˈruːsləm] n → Jérusalem

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Jerusalem [dʒəˈruːsləm] n → Jerusalem nt

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Jerusalem [dʒəˈruːsələm] n → Gerusalemme f