bethlehem
IPA: bˈɛθɫɪhɛm
Root Word: Bethlehem
noun
- A city in the West Bank, Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.
- A number of other places around the world:
- A hamlet near Rottum, Groningen province, Netherlands.
- A settlement just west of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
- A town in Free State province, South Africa.
- A quarter of Bümpliz-Oberbottigen, city of Bern, Switzerland.
- A small village in Llangadog community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6825).
- A hamlet in Rudbaxton community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9820).
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
- An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Florida.
- A town in Barrow County, Georgia.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Clark County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Henry County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Winn Parish, Louisiana.
- An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland.
- A census-designated place in Marshall County, Mississippi.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
- A town in Albany County, New York.
- A census-designated place in Alexander County, North Carolina.
- A ghost town in Marion County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Richland County, Ohio.
- A city in Northampton County and Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
- A village in Ohio County, West Virginia.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Bethlehem Township
- (obsolete) A lunatic asylum.
- (architecture) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the Eucharist is made.
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Examples of "bethlehem" in Sentences
- You have to be born in Bethlehem.
- The two women return to Bethlehem.
- Especially the star of bethlehem stuff.
- The asterisk symbolizes the Star of Bethlehem.
- Hus continued to preach in the Bethlehem Chapel.
- Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
- By then Bethlehem no longer offered ferry service.
- Bethlehem excels in their sport as well as academically.
- Bethlehem is built at the location of a Benedictine nunnery.
- South Bethlehem is at the very southern most edge of the town of Bethlehem.
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