Ἱεροσόλυμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • (uncommon) Ῐ̓εροσόλῠμᾰ n pl (Ĭerosólŭmă), Ῐ̔εροσᾱ́λημᾰ n pl (Hĭerosā́lēmă), Ῐ̔εροσόλῠμος f sg (Hĭerosólŭmos), Ῐ̔ερωσόλῠμος f sg (Hĭerōsólŭmos)Koine
  • Ῐ̔ερουσᾱλήμ (Hĭerousālḗm), (uncommon) Ῐ̓ερουσᾱλήμ (Ĭerousālḗm)biblical

Etymology

Partial phono-semantic matching of Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim) with ῐ̔ερός (hĭerós, sacred; holy).

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Proper noun

Ῐ̔εροσόλῠμᾰ • (Hĭerosólŭmăn pl (genitive Ῐ̔εροσολῠ́μων); second declension

  1. (Koine) Jerusalem (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)

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