Haram al-Sharif

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْحَرَم الشَّرِيف (al-ḥaram aš-šarīf, “the noble sanctuary”), a sobriquet also used for the other two holiest sites in Islam in Mecca and Medina.

Proper noun

Haram al-Sharif

  1. (Islam) The Temple Mount; the Noble Sanctuary.
    • 2023 January 5, “UN working to reduce tensions following Israel minister’s holy site visit”, in UN News‎, archived from the original on 21 February 2023:
      This marked the first time since 2017 that an Israeli Minister has visited the site, known by Jews as Temple Mount and by Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, and which is administered by Jordan.
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