Ir bira (עיר בירה) means capital city in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
עִיר בִּירָה
ir bira
noun · feminine
In English
capital city
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Ir bira.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1העיר הראשית במדינה, שבה נמצאים מרבית מוסדות השלטון המרכזיים, הערכאות הגבוהות של הרשות השופטת ומפקדות הצבא.
The word Ir bira is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- עִיר בִּירָה
- Written without vowel points
- עיר בירה
- Said
- ir bira
- Plural
- עָרֵי־בִּירָה
- Inflections
- ר' עָרֵי־בִּירָה, עִיר בִּירַת־
- Gematria
- 497
This is how Ir bira is said in other languages.
- English
- capital city
- Arabic
- عاصمة
- Russian
- столица
- Spanish
- capital
- German
- Hauptstadt
These words mean nearly the same as Ir bira.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Ir bira in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ir bira.
What does Ir bira (עיר בירה) mean in Hebrew?
Ir bira (עיר בירה) means capital city. It is said ir bira, with the stress on ra.
What is a synonym for Ir bira (עיר בירה)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Ir bira (עיר בירה) are בירה and מטרופולין.
Is Ir bira (עיר בירה) masculine or feminine?
The word Ir bira (עיר בירה) is a feminine noun, and its plural is עָרֵי־בִּירָה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry עיר בירה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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