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Be·thes·da (bə t̸hez′də)

suburb of Washington, D.C., in central Md.: pop. 55,000

Etymology: after the Biblical Bethesda (in RSV, Bethzatha): John 5:2

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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