Mount of Olives

English

Etymology

Named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes.

Proper noun

Mount of Olives

A mountain ridge east of and adjacent to the Old City of Jerusalem, a holy place for both Judaism and Christianity.

Synonyms

Mount Olivet

Translations

mountain ridge

Arabic: جَبَل الزَّيْتُون‎ m (jabal az-zaytūn)
Armenian: Ձիթենյաց լեռ (Jitʿenyacʿ leṙ)
Old Armenian: լեառն Ձիթենեաց (leaṙn Jitʿeneacʿ)
Danish: Oliebjerget
Dutch: Olijfberg m
Finnish: Öljymäki (fi)
French: mont des Oliviers m, montagne des Oliviers f
German: Ölberg m

Greek: Όρος των Ελαιών n (Óros ton Elaión)
Hebrew: הַר הַזֵּיתִים‎ (he) m (har hazeitím)
Japanese: 橄欖山 (かんらんざん, kanranzan)
Latin: Mōns Olīvētī m
Plautdietsch: Oliewen Boajch m
Polish: Góra Oliwna (pl) f
Russian: Елео́нская гора́ (Jeleónskaja gorá), Ма́сли́чная гора́ (Máslíčnaja gorá)
Swahili: mlima wa Mizeituni class 3

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.