Jerusalemite
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
Jerusalemite (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem.
Synonyms edit
- Hierosolymitan (dated or historical)
- Hierosolymite (dated or historical)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem
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Noun edit
Jerusalemite (plural Jerusalemites)
- A native or resident of Jerusalem.
- 2011, Sjón, translated by Victoria Cribb, From the Mouth of a Whale, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 13:
- I say this because, according to the old Jerusalemites, the building blocks of the world and its inhabitants were formed of the alphabet at the back of God's tongue when He pronounced the world […].
- A residual mineral of the sands of Jerusalem, as with Trinitite.
Synonyms edit
- Qudsi (used in Arab countries)
- Maqdisi (used by Palestinians)
- Hierosolymitan (dated or historical)
- Hierosolymite (dated or historical)
Hyponyms edit
Translations edit
native or resident of Jerusalem
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