BETHLEHEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bethlehem mean? 

• BETHLEHEM (noun)
  The noun BETHLEHEM has 2 senses:

1. a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production

2. 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

  Familiarity information: BETHLEHEM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETHLEHEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Bethlehem" is a part of...):

Keystone State; PA; Pa.; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Bayt Lahm; Bethlehem; Bethlehem-Judah; Bethlehem Ephrathah

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Bethlehem" is a part of...):

West Bank (an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river; populated largely by Palestinians)

 Context examples 

Dr Richard Bethlehem said: This takes us one step closer to understanding why the brains of people with and without autism may differ from one another.

(Scientists link genes to brain anatomy in autism, University of Cambridge)

The study was led by two postdoctoral scientists, Dr Rafael Romero-Garcia and Dr Richard Bethlehem, and Varun Warrier, a PhD student.

(Scientists link genes to brain anatomy in autism, University of Cambridge)