Ir olam (עיר עולם) means global city in Hebrew.
It is a phrase, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
עִיר עוֹלָם
ir olam
phrase
In English
global city
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Ir olam.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1עיר בעלת השפעה חברתית, כלכלית, תרבותית וכו' על ענייני העולם.
The word Ir olam is a phrase.
- Written with vowel points
- עִיר עוֹלָם
- Written without vowel points
- עיר עולם
- Said
- ir olam
- Gematria
- 426
This is how Ir olam is said in other languages.
- English
- global city
These words mean nearly the same as Ir olam.
- עיר גלובלית
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Ir olam in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ir olam.
What does Ir olam (עיר עולם) mean in Hebrew?
Ir olam (עיר עולם) means global city. It is said ir olam, with the stress on lam.
What is a synonym for Ir olam (עיר עולם)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Ir olam (עיר עולם) are עיר גלובלית.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry עיר עולם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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