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Meaning of Jerusalem | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
d͡ʒəˈɹuːsələm

Definitions

  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.
  13. A suburban area in Skellingthorpe parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF9171).
  14. A settlement in the Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand, also known as Hiruharama, the Māori name.
  15. Synonym of Hiruharama, Gisborne District, New Zealand.

Equivalents

Afrikaans Jerusalem
Azərbaycanca Qüds Yerusəlim
Беларуская Аль-Ку́дс Іерусалім
Català Jerusalem
Čeština Jeruzalém
Dansk Jerusalem
Deutsch Jerusalem
Esperanto Jerusalemo
Español jerusalén
Suomi Jerusalem
Français Al-Quds Jérusalem
Gaeilge Iarúsailéim
Galego Xerusalén
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Ielukalema
हिन्दी यरुशलम
Magyar Jeruzsálem
Հայերեն Երուսաղեմ
Bahasa Indonesia Yerusalem
Íslenska Jerúsalem
Italiano Gerusalemme
ქართული იერუსალიმი
Lietuvių Jeruzalė
Latviešu Jeruzāleme
Македонски Ерусалим
മലയാളം ഓറെശ്ലെം
Nederlands Jeruzalem
Português Jerusalém
Română Ierusalim
Slovenčina Jeruzalem
Slovenščina Jeruzalem
Svenska Jerusalem
Kiswahili Yerusalemu
தமிழ் எருசலேம்
తెలుగు జెరూసలేం
Tagalog Herusalen
Türkçe Kudüs
Українська Єрусалим

Examples

“A Palestinian man rammed a mechanical digger into several cars and a bus in the centre of Jerusalem yesterday in the second such attack this month and injured 16 people before he was shot dead at the wheel.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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