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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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name/d͡ʒəˈɹuːsələm//d͡ʒəˈɹuːzələm/
  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.

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  2. A poem by William Blake, used as an unofficial national anthem in England.

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  3. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Conway County, Arkansas.

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  4. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.

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  5. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lima Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.

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  6. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: A place in the United States: A town in Yates County, New York.

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  7. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: A place in the United States: A township in Lucas County, Ohio.

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  8. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: A place in the United States: A village in Monroe County, Ohio.

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  9. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in the town of Narragansett, Washington County, Rhode Island.

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  10. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: A place in the United States: Former name of Courtland, Southampton County, Virginia.

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  11. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: A suburban area in Skellingthorpe parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF9171).

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  12. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: A settlement in the Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand, also known as Hiruharama, the Māori name.

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  13. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the city in the Holy Land: Synonym of Hiruharama, Gisborne District, New Zealand.

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Where this word comes from

From Old English Hierusalem or Old French Jherusalem or Late Latin Ierusalem, Hierusalem, from Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim).

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