BETHESDA

Etymology

Proper noun

Bethesda

(biblical) A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.

An unincorporated census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

A village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.

A town in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH6266).

A small village in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0917).

Noun

Bethesda (plural Bethesdas)

(poetic) Any location whose waters are supposed to have curative properties.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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