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Noun

1. bethlehem

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

2. bayt lahm, bethlehem, bethlehem ephrathah, bethlehem-judah

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bethlehem

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noun
a town in the West Bank, near Jerusalem: birthplace of Jesus and early home of King David

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Bethlehem

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1. 
ancient town in Judea; traditionally regarded as the birthplace of Jesus (Matt. 2:1): now a town in the West Bank: pop. 20,000
Ar. name Bayt Lahm or Beit Lahm
2. 
city in E Pa.: steel-producing center: pop. 71,000

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bethlehem

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1. A town in the West Bank south of Jerusalem. It is the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
2. A city of eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River north-northwest of Philadelphia. It is an important steel-producing center and the site of Moravian College (established 1742) and Lehigh University (1865).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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