Jerusalem

Meaning

Proper Noun

• city in the Judean Mountains (mountain range) between sea, Mediterranean Sea,Dead Sea holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam ; the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel (country) ; the claimed capital city of Palestine (country).
• A poem by William Blake, used as an unofficial national anthem in England.

Origin

• , a compound of Semitic *uru and *salim, which meant either "peace" or "Shalim", Canaanite god of twilight.