Rishon LeZion
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Rishon LeZion (Ebreu: רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן
(audio)?, lit. First tae Zion), is the fowert-lairgest ceety in Israel, locatit alang the central Israeli coastal plain 12 kilometers sooth o Tel Aviv. It is pairt o the Gush Dan metropolitan aurie. The ceety haed a population o 228,200 at the end o 2009.[1] Foondit in 1882 bi European Jewish immigrants, it wis the seicont Jewish farm colony established in Land o Israel in the 19t century, efter Petah Tikva.
[edit] Etymology
The name Rishon LeZion is derived frae a biblical verse: "First tae Zion are they, an A shall give herald tae Jerusalem" (Ebreu: ראשון לציון הנה הינם, ולירושלים מבשר אתן) (Book of Isaiah 41:27) an literally translates as the First tae Zion.
[edit] Twin touns — Sister ceeties
- Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Israel
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[edit] References
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Choose your family, Haaretz