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Jerash

American  
[jer-ahsh] / ˈdʒɛr ɑʃ /

noun

  1. a town in N Jordan, N of Amman: Roman ruins.


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The Jerash site shows that both patterns can coexist.

From Science Daily Apr. 23, 2026

In 1968, Some 11,500 were brought to Jerash, a few miles from the city’s magnificent Roman ruins.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2025

Some 45,000 people live crammed into the Gaza Camp, near Jordan's northern town of Jerash, one of several Palestinian refugee camps here.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2025

The group also visited the Dead Sea and the famed mosaics in Madaba, and spent spent two days at the ancient cities of Petra and Jerash, according to an itinerary for the trip.

From Washington Post Feb. 18, 2013

The first of these has been variously identified with Es-Salt, with Reimun, with Jerash or Gerasa, with er-Remtha, and with Ṣalḥad.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

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