Belém

See also: belem, Belem, belém, and běłem

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Belém. Doublet of Bethlehem.

Proper noun

Belém

  2. A civil parish of Lisbon, Portugal
  4. A municipality and state capital of Pará, Brazil.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Belen, from Latin Bēthlehemum, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Hebrew בּית לחם (bet lékhem).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /beˈlẽj̃/ [beˈlẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨˈlɐ̃j̃/, (fast speech) /ˈblɐ̃j̃/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
  • Hyphenation: Be‧lém

Proper noun

Belém f

  1. Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus)
  2. Belém (a civil parish of Lisbon, Portugal)
    2. (Portuguese politics) clipping of Palácio Nacional de Belém (“Belém Palace”), residency of the Portuguese president
      • 2015 November 23, Nuno Sá Lourenço, “Cavaco impõe seis condições para indigitar Costa”, in Público‎[1]:
        A audiência do secretário-geral do PS com o Presidente da República, terminou esta segunda-feira ao fim de meia-hora. António Costa saiu de Belém sem fazer qualquer declaração.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    3. (Portugal, metonymic) the Portuguese presidency and its administration
  3. Belém (a municipality and state capital of Pará, Brazil)
    Synonym: Belém do Pará
  4. a city in Alagoas, Brazil
  5. a city in Paraíba, Brazil
  6. a district of the city of São Paulo, Brazil
  7. a river in Paraná, Brazil

Usage notes

  • Belém is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Derived terms

  • belenzada

See also

civil parishes of Lisbon: freguesias de Lisboaedit
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