Jerusalem

Etymology
From Ierusalem:, Hierusalem:, from Latin Hierosolyma:, from  Ἰερουσαλήμ:, from  undefined:, from Western Semitic undefined: (attested in Ancient Egyptian), compound of Semitic *uru 'house, town' and *salim either 'peace' or 'Shalim, Canaanite goddess of twilight'.

Proper noun

 * 1) Ancient city of Palestine and the current capital of Israel; a holy city for Judaism (Temple of Solomon and the capital of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judeah), Christianity (Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection), and Islam (Muhammad’s ascension to heaven).

Derived terms

 * Jerusalem artichoke
 * Jerusalemite

Translations

 * Albanian: Jeruzalemi
 * Anglo-Norman:
 * Arabic:,   ,
 * Aragonese: Cherusalén
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܐܘܪܫܠܡ (’Ūrišlem)
 * Hebrew: אורשלם (’Ūrišlem)
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian:
 * Asturian: Xerusalén
 * Basque: Jerusalem
 * Belarusian: Ерусалім
 * Bengali: জেরুসালেম
 * Bulgarian: Йерусалим
 * Catalan: Jerusalem
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: Jeruusalemm
 * Fijian: Jerusalemi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: Xerusalén
 * Georgian: იერუსალიმი
 * German:
 * Gothic:
 * Greek: Ιεροσόλυμα
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: यरुशलम, येरुशलम,  अल-क़ुद्स
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: Jerusalem
 * Indonesian: Yerusalem
 * Interlingua: Jerusalem
 * Irish: Iarúsailéim
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: エルサレム, イェルサレム
 * Javanese: Yerusalem
 * Korean:
 * Ladino: Yerushalayim
 * Latin: Hierosolyma,
 * Latvian: Jeruzāleme
 * Lithuanian: Jeruzalė
 * Luxembourgish: Jerusalem
 * Macedonian: Ерусалим
 * Malay: Baitulmuqaddis
 * Maltese: Ġerusalemm
 * Mongolian:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:, اورشلیم مقدس,  قدس شریف,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Samoan: Ierusalema
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Јерусалим
 * Roman: Jerusalim
 * Sicilian: Girusalemmi
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Jerusalem
 * Thai: เยรูซาเลม
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: Єрусалим
 * Urdu: یوروشلم, یروشلم
 * Uyghur: (yerusalim)
 * Vietnamese:, Giê-ru-da-lem
 * Walloon: Djeruzalem
 * Welsh: Jeriwsalem
 * Yiddish: ירושלים (Yerushaláyim)

Synonyms

 * al-Quds (especially in the English language Arab press)

Proper noun

 * 1) Jerusalem