Belém

See also: belem, Belem, belém, and běłem

English

Proper noun

Belém

1. A municipality, the 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

1. Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)
2. Belém (a parish of the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal)
3. (Portugal, 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.

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4. (Portugal, metonymically) The Portuguese presidency and its administration
5. Belém (a city, the state capital of Pará, Brazil)

Derived terms

• belenzada