Etymology

From Late Latin Ierusalem, Hierusalem, from Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ ‎(Ierousalḗm), from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ‎(Yərūšālayim), from Western Semitic Urušalimmi (attested in Ancient Egyptian as [script needed]), a compound of Semitic *uru "house, town" and *salim, which meant either "peace" or "Shalim, Canaanite goddess of twilight".