Belém

1. (feminine) Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus)
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, feminine) Belém (a civil parish of Lisbon, Portugal)
3. (Portugal, feminine, metonymically) Belém (a civil parish of Lisbon, Portugal)
4. (feminine) Belém (a municipality and state capital of Pará, Brazil)
5. (feminine) a city in Alagoas, Brazil
6. (feminine) a city in Paraíba, Brazil
7. (feminine) a district of the city of São Paulo, Brazil
8. (feminine) a river in Paraná, Brazil

Pronounced as (IPA)

/beˈlẽj̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: Bēthlehemum

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese Belen, from Latin Bēthlehemum, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בּית לחם (bet lékhem).

Concepts

Bethlehem

Belém

Bethlehem of Galilee

Bayt Lahm

Bethlehem Ephrathah

Bethlehem-Judah

Translations

Bethléem

Belén

Betlejem

Bethlehem

Betlemme

Betlem

Βηθλεέμ

بيت لحم

Betlehem

Bethleem

Betlehem

Belém

Bethlehem

Belém

Belém