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A city in the West Bank, Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.
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A hamlet near Rottum, Groningen province, Netherlands.
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A settlement just west of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
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A town in the Free State province, South Africa.
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A quarter of Bümpliz-Oberbottigen, city of Bern, Switzerland.
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A small village in Llangadog community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6825).
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A hamlet in Rudbaxton community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9820).
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A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
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An unincorporated community in Holmes County, Florida.
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A town in Barrow County, Georgia.
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A township and unincorporated community therein, in Clark County, Indiana.
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An unincorporated community in Henry County, Kentucky.
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An unincorporated community in Winn Parish, Louisiana.
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An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland.
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A census-designated place in Marshall County, Mississippi.
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A town and census-designated place therein, in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
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A town in Albany County, New York.
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A census-designated place in Alexander County, North Carolina.
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A ghost town in Marion County, Ohio.
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An unincorporated community in Richland County, Ohio.
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A city in Northampton County and Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
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An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee.
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An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
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A village in Ohio County, West Virginia.
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A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Bethlehem Township
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A lunatic asylum.
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Usage: obsolete
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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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Topics: architecture
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a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Bayt Lahm, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Bethlehem-Judah
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Broader terms: town
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a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production
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History
Inherited from Middle English Bethleem, from Old French Bethleem and Old English Bethleem, from Latin Bēthlehēmum, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bēṯ lɛ́ḥɛm, literally “house of bread”). Doublet of bedlam and Belém.
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128 source translations are retained for this English entry.
