Jerusalem

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From Late Latin Ierusalem, Hierusalem, from Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ(Ierousalḗm), from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם‎ (Yərūšālayim), from a Western Semitic form attested in Ancient Egyptian as {| |{| | | | | | | | |}

|} ( ꜣwšꜣmm), a compound of Semitic *uru(“house, town”) and *salim, which meant either "peace" or "Shalim", Canaanite god of twilight.

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Jerusalem

holy city in ancient Judea, from Greek Hierousalem, from Hebrew Yerushalayim, literally "foundation of peace," from base of yarah "he threw, cast" + shalom "peace." Jerusalem "artichoke" is folk etymology of Italian girasole "sunflower" (see girasole).