jerusalem Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom
    capital of Israel.

WordNet

Je*ru"sa*lem noun
Etymology
Gr. , fr. Heb. Yrshalaim.
Definitions
  1. The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ.

Webster 1913