Ramat Gan
/ˌrɑːmɑːt ˈɡɑːn/noun
A city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv.
Did you know?The name combines Hebrew רָמָה (ramah), “height” or “elevation,” with גַּן (gan), “garden,” echoing the biblical image of a cultivated sacred garden.
Etymological Timeline
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
רוּם (rum)
“To be high, elevated, or exalted; the ancient Semitic root underlying words for height.”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
רָמָה (ramah)
“Height, elevated place, or high ground.”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
גַּן (gan)
“Garden or enclosed cultivated place; the same word used in the biblical Garden of Eden.”
1921–1923
Modern Hebrew
רָמַת גַּן (Ramat Gan)
““Height of the Garden,” adopted as the name of the developing Jewish settlement founded east of Tel Aviv.”
Modern English
English
Ramat Gan
“The established English name of the Israeli city.”
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