Belém

proper noun

A civil parish of Lisbon, Portugal

OriginPortuguese Belém ← Old Galician-Portuguese Belen ← Latin Bēthlehemum →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A civil parish of Lisbon, Portugal
  2. A municipality and state capital of Pará, Brazil.

Origin

  1. Proto-Semitic*bayt-
  2. Biblical Hebrewבֵּית (bet)
  3. Biblical Hebrewלֶחֶם (lékhem)
  4. Biblical Hebrewבֵּית לֶחֶם (bêṯ leḥem)
  5. Ancient GreekΒηθλεέμ (Bēthleém)
  6. LatinBēthlehemum
  7. Old Galician-PortugueseBelen
  8. PortugueseBelém
  9. EnglishBelém

Borrowed from Portuguese Belém. Doublet of Bethlehem.

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APA

Belém. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bel%C3%A9m

MLA

“Belém.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bel%C3%A9m. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Belém,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bel%C3%A9m.

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