Bethlehem.
Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)
Meaning & usage
Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)
a hamlet in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands
Where this word comes from
From Latin Bēthlehēmum, Bēthleëm, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bet léchem, “house of bread”). The hamlet is first attested as Bethlehem in 1502 and is named after a former monastery, which was named in turn after the city in Palestine.
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