ירושלים

/jərʊʃɔˈɫajəm/

/jərɪʃʊˈɫajəm/

From Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם.

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יְרוּשָׁלַיִם

Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם

Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)


מגנצא

Mainz (the capital city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


בריסל

From German Brüssel, from either Middle Dutch or Modern Dutch Brussel.


ציריך

tsirikh (romanization)
צירעך (alternative)

From Old High German Zurih, from Latin Turicum. Compare Alemannic German Züri, German Zürich.

Zurich (the capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland)


ניו־יאָרק

nyu-york (romanization)
ניו יאָרק (alternative)

New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey)


עסן

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Essen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


ביאַלאָסטאָק

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ביאַלאָסטאָק • (Byalostok)

Byalostok (romanization)
ביאָלאָסטאָק (alternative)
ביאַליסטאָק (alternative)

Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship#English

Białystok (the capital city of Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland)


תּל־אָבֿיבֿ

תּל־אָבֿיבֿ • (tel-aviv) n

yi-proper noun

תּל־אָבֿיבֿ • (tel-aviv) n

tel-aviv (romanization)
תּל אָבֿיבֿ (alternative)

יצחק וווינט מיט זײַן ווײַב און פֿינף קינדער אין צפֿון פֿון תּל־אָבֿיבֿ.

yitskhok voynt mit zayn vayb un finf kinder in tsofn fun tel-oviv.

Isaac lives with his wife and five children north of Tel Aviv.


מאָסקווע

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מאָסקווע • (moskve) f

yi-proper noun

מאָסקווע • (moskve) f

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)


בערלין

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)


רוים

From Middle High German Rōme, from Old High German Rōma, a relatinisation of Rūma, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu. Compare German Rom.

Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire)


גענף

Geneva (the capital city of Geneva canton, Switzerland)


קאָוונע

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קאָוונע • (kovne) f

yi-proper noun

קאָוונע • (kovne) f

Ultimately from Lithuanian Kaunas. Compare Belarusian Ко́ўна (Kóŭna), Polish Kowno.


טשערנאָוויץ

Chernivtsi (a city, the administrative center of Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine)


פּויזן

Compare German Posen. Diphthong may be explained as inheritance from a Middle High German *pō-, similar to פּוילן (poyln).

Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship#English

Poznań (the capital city of Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland)


פֿילאַדעלפֿיע

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פֿילאַדעלפֿיע • (filadelfye) f

yi-proper noun

פֿילאַדעלפֿיע • (filadelfye) f

Philadelphia (the largest city in Pennsylvania, United States)


שיקאַגאָ

From English Chicago, from French Chécagou, from Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp; striped skunk”).

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Chicago (a major city in Illinois, United States)


באָסטאָן

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באָסטאָן • (boston) m

yi-proper noun

באָסטאָן • (boston) m

Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)


לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס

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לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס • (los-andzheles) ?

yi-proper noun

לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס • (los-andzheles) ?

Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)


סאַן פֿראַנציסקאָ

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סאַן פֿראַנציסקאָ

סאַן פֿראַנציסקאָ • (san frantsisko) ?

yi-proper noun

סאַן פֿראַנציסקאָ

סאַן פֿראַנציסקאָ • (san frantsisko) ?


בוענאָס־אײַרעס

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בוענאָס־אײַרעס • (buenos-ayres) ?

yi-proper noun

בוענאָס־אײַרעס • (buenos-ayres) ?

buenos-ayres (romanization)
בוענאָס אײַרעס (alternative)

Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)


טאָראָנטאָ

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טאָראָנטאָ • (toronto) ?

yi-proper noun

טאָראָנטאָ • (toronto) ?

Toronto (the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city in Canada)


פּאַריז

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פּאַריז • (pariz) n

yi-proper noun

פּאַריז • (pariz) n

pariz (romanization)
פּאַריס (alternative)

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


קיִעוו

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קיִעוו • (kiev) n

yi-proper noun

קיִעוו • (kiev) n


לובלין

Lublin Voivodeship
Lublin Voivodeship#English

Lublin (the capital city of Lublin Voivodeship, Poland)


סטאַמבול

stambul (romanization)
איסטאַנבול (alternative)


לאָנדאָן

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לאָנדאָן • (london) ?

yi-proper noun

לאָנדאָן • (london) ?

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England)


קעלן

Ultimately from Latin Colōnia (Agrippīna) (“(Agrippine) Colony”), which see German Köln.

der

Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)


קראָקע

Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship#English

Krakow (a city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole)


מינכן

Munich (the capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany)


שטראַסבורג

shtrasburg (romanization)
סטראַסבורג (alternative)

Strasbourg (the capital city of Bas-Rhin department, France; the capital city of the region of Grand Est)


סטראַסבורג

שטראַסבורג שטראַסבורג#Yiddish

alternative form of שטראַסבורג (shtrasburg, “Strasbourg”), the capital city of Bas-Rhin department, France; the capital city of the region of Grand Est


באַזל

Basel (the capital city of Basel-Stadt canton, Switzerland)


זשיטאָמיר

Zhytomyr (a city, the administrative center of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine)


אָדעס

Odessa (a port city, the administrative center of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine)


פּראַג

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פּראַג • (prag) ?

yi-proper noun

פּראַג • (prag) ?

prag (romanization)
פּראָג (alternative)

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


פֿראַנקפֿורט

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פֿראַנקפֿורט • (frankfurt) ?

yi-proper noun

פֿראַנקפֿורט • (frankfurt) ?

Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)


לאָדזש

Lodz Voivodeship
Lodz Voivodeship#English

Łódź (the capital city of Lodz Voivodeship, Poland)


ווענעציע

Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)


אַמסטערדאַם

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אַמסטערדאַם • (amsterdam) n

yi-proper noun

אַמסטערדאַם • (amsterdam) n

Amsterdam (the capital city of the Netherlands)


מאַנטשעסטער

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England)


לענינגראַד

(historical) Leningrad (the former name (from 1924-1991) of Saint Petersburg, a major city in Russia)


וואָלגאָגראַד

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וואָלגאָגראַד • (volgograd) ?

yi-proper noun

וואָלגאָגראַד • (volgograd) ?

Volgograd (a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia)


סטאַלינגראַד

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סטאַלינגראַד • (stalingrad) ?

yi-proper noun

סטאַלינגראַד • (stalingrad) ?

(historical) Stalingrad (former name of Volgograd: a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle; used from 1925–1961)


בישקעק

Bishkek (the capital city of Kyrgyzstan)


ברעסלוי

Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lower Silesian Voivodeship#English

Wrocław (the capital city of Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)


בראַטיסלאַוואַ

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בראַטיסלאַוואַ • (bratislava) ?

yi-proper noun

בראַטיסלאַוואַ • (bratislava) ?

bratislava (romanization)
בראַטיסלאַווע (alternative)

Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)


פּרעסבורג

presburg (romanization)
פּרעשבורג (alternative)

(historical) Pressburg (former name of Bratislava: the capital city of Slovakia)


פּרעשבורג

פּרעסבורג פּרעסבורג#Yiddish

alternative form of פּרעסבורג (presburg): (historical) Pressburg (former name of Bratislava: the capital city of Slovakia)


מאָנאַקאָ

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מאָנאַקאָ • (monako) ?

yi-proper noun

מאָנאַקאָ • (monako) ?


ניו אָרלינס

New Orleans (a city in Louisiana, United States)


כעלעם

khelem (romanization)
כעלם (alternative)


האַמבורג

Hamburg (the second-largest city in Germany)


בעלז

belz (romanization)
בעלץ (alternative)
בעלזאָ (alternative)
בעלדז (alternative)

Belz (a small city in Ukraine, on the border of Poland)


ירושלים דליטע

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ירושלים דליטע

yi-proper noun

ירושלים דליטע

yerusholayem dlite (romanization)
ירושלים ד׳ליטע (alternative)

/jəˌʁʊʃɔˈɫajəm‿ˈdɫitə/

Literally, "the Jerusalem of Lithuania", from Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (yerushalayim), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic דְּ־ (d'), and Yiddish ליטע (lite).

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יְרוּשָׁלַיִם

Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania, especially the Jewish portion of the city before World War Two)


דעטרויט

Detroit (a city in Michigan, United States)


מאָנטרעאָל

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מאָנטרעאָל • (montreol) ?

yi-proper noun

מאָנטרעאָל • (montreol) ?

montreol (romanization)
מאָנטרעאַל (alternative)

Montreal (an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada)


מאָנטרעאַל

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מאָנטרעאַל • (montreal) ?

yi-proper noun

מאָנטרעאַל • (montreal) ?

מאָנטרעאָל מאָנטרעאָל#Yiddish

alternative form of מאָנטרעאָל (montreol): Montreal (an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada)


וואַשינגטאָן

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וואַשינגטאָן • (vashington)

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.#English

Washington, Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)


יאָרק

יאָרק • (york)

(slang) New York City (a major city in New York state)


סאַמאַרקאַנד

סאַמאַרקאַנד • (samarkand) ?

yi-proper noun

סאַמאַרקאַנד • (samarkand) ?


קעשענעוו

keshenev (romanization)
קישינעוו (alternative)

Chișinău (the capital city and municipality of Moldova)


אָשפּיצין

Oświęcim (a city in Poland, the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp)


אַלזשיר

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אַלזשיר • (alzhir)

Algiers (the capital and largest city of Algeria)


טוניס

Tunis (the capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia)


לוקסעמבורג

yi:לוקסעמבורג

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)


דמשׂק

der

Hebrew דַּמֶּשֶׂק

Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)


סאַטמאַר

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סאַטמאַר • (satmar)

satmar (romanization)
סאַטמער (alternative)


אַנקאַראַ

אַנקאַראַ • (ankara) ?

yi-proper noun

אַנקאַראַ • (ankara) ?


פֿירענצע

Florence (the capital city of Tuscany, Italy)


וואַטיקאַן

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וואַטיקאַן • (vatikan) m

yi-proper noun

וואַטיקאַן • (vatikan) m

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


זאַלצבורג

/ˈzaɫt͡sˌbʊʁɡ/


גראַץ

Possibly of Slavic origin, from Proto-Slavic *gradьcь (“small castle”).


קוידאַנאָוו

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קוידאַנאָוו • (koydanov) ?

yi-proper noun

קוידאַנאָוו • (koydanov) ?

Dzyarzhynsk (a city in Belarus), (formerly Koidanova)


מאָלעוו

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מאָלעוו • (molev) ?

yi-proper noun

מאָלעוו • (molev) ?


באַראַנאָוויטש

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באַראַנאָוויטש • (baranovitsh) ?

yi-proper noun

באַראַנאָוויטש • (baranovitsh) ?


קאַטאָוויץ

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קאַטאָוויץ • (katovits) ?

yi-proper noun

קאַטאָוויץ • (katovits) ?

katovits (romanization)
קאַטעוויץ (alternative)
קאַטעוועץ (alternative)


זאַפּאָראָזשיע

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זאַפּאָראָזשיע • (zaporozhye) ?

yi-proper noun

זאַפּאָראָזשיע • (zaporozhye) ?

Zaporizhzhia (an industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River)


בּאָבּאָוו

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בּאָבּאָוו • (bobov) ?

yi-proper noun

בּאָבּאָוו • (bobov) ?

Bobowa (a city in Poland), the home of the Bobov Hasidic dynasty


סקווער

Skvyra (a city in Ukraine), home of the Skver Hasidic dynasty


וויזשניץ

Vyzhnytsia (a city in Ukraine), home of the Vizhnitz Hasidic dynasty


בראָצלעוו

Bratslav (a city in Ukraine), the home of the Breslov school of Hasidic Judaism


דערפּט

derpt (romanization)
דערפּעט (alternative)
דאָרפּאַט (alternative)

(dated) Tartu (second-largest city in Estonia)


רעוול

revl (romanization)
רעוועל (alternative)

Compare historical German Reval, Russian Ре́вель (Révelʹ).

(dated) Tallinn (capital city of Estonia)


מאַכאַטשקאַלאַ

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מאַכאַטשקאַלאַ • (makhatshkala) f

yi-proper noun

מאַכאַטשקאַלאַ • (makhatshkala) f

Borrowed from Russian Махачкала́ (Maxačkalá), named after Dagestani revolutionary Magomed-Ali 'Makhach' Dakhadaev.

bor+

Makhachkala (the capital city of Dagestan, Russia)

ru:Дахадаев, Магомед-Али


פּרעשבאָריק

Borrowed from Slovak Prešporek, itself from German Pressburg. Doublet of פּרעסבורג (presburg).

(dated, historical) Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)


מעלבורן

melburn (romanization)
מעלבאָרן (alternative)

From Russian Ме́льбурн (Mélʹburn) or Ukrainian Ме́льбурн (Mélʹburn), ultimately from English Melbourne.

Melbourne (the capital city of Victoria, Australia)


אַסטראַכאַן

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אַסטראַכאַן • (astrakhan) f

yi-proper noun

אַסטראַכאַן • (astrakhan) f

...שלאָפֿן רויִק אײַן אין אַסטראַכאַן די קינדער.

1948, Rajzel Żychlińsky, “אַסטראַכאַנער נעכט [astrakhaner nekht]”, in צו לויטערע ברעגן [tsu loytere bregn], page 32:

...the children fall asleep calmly in Astrakhan.


ברעמען

Borrowed from German Bremen, from Old Saxon bremo (“edge”).

Bremen (the capital city of the state of Bremen, Germany)