Jerusalemite

English

Etymology

From Jerusalem +‎ -ite.

Adjective

Jerusalemite (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem.

Synonyms

• Hierosolymitan (dated or historical)
• Hierosolymite (dated or historical)

Derived terms

• Jerusalemite Orthodox Church
• New Jerusalemite

 

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem

• Arabic: مَقْدِسِيّ (maqdisiyy)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܿܪܸܫܠܡܵܝܵܐ (ōrišlmāyā)

  Classical Syriac: ܐܘܪܫܠܡܝܐ, ܡܩܕܫܝܐ

• Catalan: jerosolimità (ca)
• French: hiérosolymitain (fr) m, hiérosolymitaine (fr) f, hiérosolymite (fr) m or f
• German: jerusalemisch, Jerusalemer, Jerusalem-
• Hebrew: יְרוּשַׁלְמִי (he) m (yerushálmi), יְרוּשַׁלְמִית f (yerushalmit)
• Italian: gerosolimitano (it) m
• Japanese: エルサレムの (ja) (Erusaremu no) イェルサレムの (Yerusaremu no)
• Portuguese: hierosolimitano, hierosolimita, jerosolimita, jerosolimitano
• Russian: иерусали́мский (ru) (ijerusalímskij)
• Spanish: hierosolimitano (es)

Noun

Jerusalemite (plural Jerusalemites)

1. 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 […].

   • 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem:

     Thousands of Jerusalemites gathered on the battl4ements to gawp at this show, admiring 'the beauty of their armour and admirable order of the men.'

2. A residual mineral of the sands of Jerusalem, as with Trinitite.

Synonyms

• Qudsi (used in Arab countries)
• Maqdisi (used by Palestinians)
• Hierosolymitan (dated or historical)
• Hierosolymite (dated or historical)

Hyponyms

• East Jerusalemite
• West Jerusalemite

Translations

native or resident of Jerusalem

• Arabic: مَقْدِسِيّ m (maqdisiyy), مَقْدِسِيّة f (maqdisiyya)
• Catalan: jerosolimità (ca) m
• French: Hiérosolymitain (fr) m, Hiérosolymitaine (fr) f, Hiérosolymite (fr) m or f
• German: Jerusalemer m, Jerusalemerin f
• Greek: Ιεροσολυμίτης (el) m (Ierosolymítis)
• Hebrew: יְרוּשַׁלְמִי (he) m (yerushálmi), יְרוּשַׁלְמִית f (yerushalmit)
• Italian: gerosolimitano (it) m
• Japanese: エルサレム人 (Erusaremu-jin), イェルサレム人 (Yerusaremu-jin)
• Portuguese: hierosolimitano, hierosolimita, jerosolimita, jerosolimitano
• Russian: иерусали́мец (ru) m (ijerusalímec), иерусали́мка f (ijerusalímka)
• Spanish: hierosolimitano (es) m, jerosolimitano (es) m
• Turkish: Kudüslü