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jerusalem

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What does jerusalem mean?

proper noun

  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 census-designated place in Conway County, Arkansas.
More meanings (10)

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
  2. An unincorporated community in Lima Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
  3. A town in Yates County, New York.
  4. A township in Lucas County, Ohio.
  5. A village in Monroe County, Ohio.
  6. An unincorporated community in the town of Narragansett, Washington County, Rhode Island.
  7. Former name of Courtland, Southampton County, Virginia.
  8. A suburban area in Skellingthorpe parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF9171).
  9. A settlement in the Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand, also known as Hiruharama, the Māori name.
  10. Synonym of Hiruharama, Gisborne District, New Zealand.
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IPA pronunciation

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And they were like unto the Jews who were at Jerusalem, who sought to take away the life of my father.
Joseph, Jr. Smith; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsThe Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of NephiProject Gutenberg ebook #17
With the large sum he thus obtained, he fitted out his Crusaders gallantly, and went away to Jerusalem in martial state.
Charles DickensA Child's History of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #699
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Through the streets of Jerusalem at the present day crawls one who is mad and carries a wooden cross on his shoulders.
Oscar WildeThe Soul of Man under SocialismProject Gutenberg ebook #1017
To show that the Law has been quite abolished, the earthly Jerusalem was completely destroyed with all her ornaments, temples, and ceremonies.
Martin LutherCommentary on the Epistle to the GalatiansTranslated by Theodore GraebnerProject Gutenberg ebook #1549
It was in accordance, then, with a simple tendency of human thought that the Jews believed the centre of the world to be Jerusalem.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505