Haram al-Sharif

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْحَرَم الشَّرِيف (al-ḥaram aš-šarīf, “the noble sanctuary”), a sobriquet also used for the other two holiest sites in Islam in Mecca and Medina.

Proper noun

Haram al-Sharif

1. (Islam) The Temple Mount; the Noble Sanctuary.
   • 2023 January 5, “UN working to reduce tensions following Israel minister’s holy site visit”, in UN News‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 February 2023:

     This marked the first time since 2017 that an Israeli Minister has visited the site, known by Jews as Temple Mount and by Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, and which is administered by Jordan.