Mount of Olives

English

Etymology

Named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes.

Proper noun

Mount of Olives

1. 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 (Jitʻenyacʻ leṙ)

  Old Armenian: լեառն Ձիթենեաց (leaṙn Jitʻeneacʻ)

• Catalan: Mont de les Oliveres m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 橄欖山 / 橄榄山 (gaam³ laam^5-2 saan¹)

  Hokkien: 橄欖山 / 橄榄山 (Kám-lám-sân)

  Mandarin: 橄欖山 / 橄榄山 (zh) (Gǎnlǎn Shān)

• Danish: Oliebjerget
• Dutch: Olijfberg m
• Finnish: Öljymäki (fi)
• French: mont des Oliviers (fr) m, montagne des Oliviers f
• German: Ölberg (de) m
• Greek: Όρος των Ελαιών n (Óros ton Elaión)

  Ancient Greek: Ὄρος τῶν Ἐλαιῶν n (Óros tôn Elaiôn)

• Hebrew: הַר הַזֵּיתִים (he) m (har hazeitím)
• Irish: Cnoc na nOlóg m
• Italian: Monte degli Ulivi m
• Japanese: 橄欖山 (かんらんざん, kanranzan)
• Kazakh: Зәйтүн тауы (Zäitün tauy)
• Korean: 올리브산 (ollibeusan), 감람산 (gamnamsan)
• 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
• Welsh: Mynydd yr Olewydd m
• West Frisian: Oliveberch c