Belém
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English
Proper noun
Belém
- 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
Proper noun
Belém
- Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)
- Belém (a civil parish of the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal)
- Belém (a city, the state capital of Pará, Brazil)
- (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:
- 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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- (Portugal, metonymically) The Portuguese presidency and its administration