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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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Evidence suggests the individuals buried in Jerash belonged to a mobile population that was part of the wider urban community.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

Ayman Bakkar, who serves as the chief of UNRWA’s office in northern Jordan, said more than half of residents in the Jerash Refugee Camp are unemployed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

On the fourth day, we head north from Amman, past Jerash, one of the world's best-preserved Roman-era ruins and Jordan's second most popular tourist destination.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2015

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

Mr. Buckingham thinks that the similarity of situation, as well as of name, would lead to the conclusion that this Jerash of the Arabs is the same with the Gergasha of the Hebrews.

From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Russell, Michael

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