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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

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

Presently we surmount a rocky hill and look down into the broad, shallow basin of Jerash.

From Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit by Henry Van Dyke

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