Word.ws English Dictionary

Western Wall

Western Wall proper noun: an ancient wall on the western side of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a remnant of the Jewish Second Temple, and the holiest site in Judaism.

western wall: an ancient wall on the western side of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a remnant of the Jewish...
Image: Sheepdog85, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons

Proper noun

the Western Wall

  1. (Judaism) An ancient wall on the western side of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a remnant of the Jewish Second Temple, and the holiest site in Judaism.

Western Wall meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

Western Wall in Hindi

ancient wall in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple
पश्चिमी दीवार paścimī dīvār

Western Wall in Tamil

ancient wall in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple
மேற்குச் சுவர் mēṟkuc cuvar, அழுகைச் சுவர் aḻukaic cuvar, புலம்பற் சுவர் pulampaṟ cuvar

Western Wall in Urdu

ancient wall in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple
دیوار گریہ dīvār-i girya

Western Wall in Malayalam

ancient wall in Jerusalem, remnant of the Jewish Second Temple
വിലാപമതിൽ vilāpamatil
More languagesFewer languages
Western Wall in Arabic
حَائِط الْبُرَاق ḥāʔiṭ al-burāq, حَائِط الْغَرْبِي ḥāʔiṭ al-ḡarbī
Western Wall in Malay
Tembok Meratap, Tembok Barat
Western Wall in Indonesian
Tembok Ratapan
Western Wall in Persian
دیوار ندبه divâr-e nodbe
Western Wall in Vietnamese
Bức tường Than Khóc

Synonyms of Western Wall

Origin of Western Wall

From its location on the western side of the Temple Mount.

Questions about Western Wall

What does Western Wall mean?
Western Wall means an ancient wall on the western side of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a remnant of the Jewish Second Temple, and the holiest site in Judaism.
What is Western Wall in Hindi?
Western Wall in Hindi is पश्चिमी दीवार (paścimī dīvār). See Western Wall meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Western Wall?
Western Wall is a proper noun.

Words near Western Wall in the dictionary

  1. Western Union splices
  2. Western Unioned
  3. Western Unioning
  4. Western Unions
  5. Western Visayas
  6. Western Wall
  7. Western Wao
  8. western world
  9. western xenica
  10. Western Xia
  11. western yellow pine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Western Wall (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Western Wall.wav.

Cite this entry: “Western Wall.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/western_wall. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.