Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bethlehem

2 senses of bethlehem

Sense 1
Bethlehem -- (a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")

Sense 2
Bethlehem, Bayt Lahm, 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)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")