Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An unincorporated city of west-central Maryland, a residential suburb of Washington, DC. The National Institutes of Health and Naval Medical Center are here.
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- proper noun biblical A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.
- noun poetic  Any location whose waters are supposed to have curative properties.
Etymologies
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								The project would also relieve overcrowding at Westland Middle School in Bethesda, which is projected to swell to more than 300 students over its 1,063-student capacity by 2014. Weast plan would create school, move some students in Bethesda and Chevy Chase Michael Birnbaum 2010 
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								The project would also relieve overcrowding at Westland Middle School in Bethesda, which is projected to swell to more than 300 students over its 1,063-student capacity by 2014. Weast plan would create school, move some students in Bethesda and Chevy Chase Michael Birnbaum 2010 
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								The project would also relieve overcrowding at Westland Middle School in Bethesda, which is projected to swell to more than 300 students over its 1,063-student capacity by 2014. Weast plan would create school, move some students in Bethesda and Chevy Chase Michael Birnbaum 2010 
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								The project would also relieve overcrowding at Westland Middle School in Bethesda, which is projected to swell to more than 300 students over its 1,063-student capacity by 2014. Weast plan would create school, move some students in Bethesda and Chevy Chase Michael Birnbaum 2010 
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								First of all, the word Bethesda: He was entranced with that because it had biblical meanings - the biblical pool of Bethesda. NPR Topics: News 2011 
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								Among the latter are groups like 350. org, the Alliance for Climate Protection and community alliances of citizens, businesses and government such as Bethesda Green, in Bethesda, Md. Douglas LaBier: How the Common Good Is Transforming Our World Douglas LaBier 2010 
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								Among the latter are groups like 350. org, the Alliance for Climate Protection and community alliances of citizens, businesses and government such as Bethesda Green, in Bethesda, Md. Douglas LaBier: How the Common Good Is Transforming Our World Douglas LaBier 2010 
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								Among the latter are groups like 350. org, the Alliance for Climate Protection and community alliances of citizens, businesses and government such as Bethesda Green, in Bethesda, Md. Douglas LaBier: How the Common Good Is Transforming Our World Douglas LaBier 2010 
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								Among the latter are groups like 350. org, the Alliance for Climate Protection and community alliances of citizens, businesses and government such as Bethesda Green, in Bethesda, Md. Douglas LaBier: How the Common Good Is Transforming Our World Douglas LaBier 2010 
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								Among the latter are groups like 350. org, the Alliance for Climate Protection and community alliances of citizens, businesses and government such as Bethesda Green, in Bethesda, Md. Douglas LaBier: How the Common Good Is Transforming Our World Douglas LaBier 2010 
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