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    CAPITAL OF ISRAEL

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 kingdomplay

    Synonyms:

    capital of Israel; Jerusalem

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    national capital (the capital city of a nation)

    Meronyms (parts of "capital of Israel"):

    Holy Sepulcher; Holy Sepulchre (the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection)

    Temple of Jerusalem; Temple of Solomon (any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall)

    Calvary; Golgotha (a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified)

    Sion; Zion (originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem)

    Wailing Wall (a wall in Jerusalem; sacred to Jews as a place of prayer and lamentation; its stones are believed to have formed part of the Temple of Solomon)

    Holonyms ("capital of Israel" is a part of...):

    Israel; Sion; State of Israel; Yisrael; Zion (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)

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