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Bethesda Pronunciation
Bethesda is pronounced buh-THEZ-duh, IPA /bəˈθɛzdə/.
buh-THEZ-duh
US /bəˈθɛzdə/
Syllables: buh · THEZ · duh (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
proper noun: A pool in Jerusalem named in the Gospel of John, and a town in Maryland and another in north Wales.
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Bethesda in a Sentence
- The hospital is in Bethesda.
- Bethesda sits just outside Washington.
- The chapel was named Bethesda by its founders.
Common Mispronunciations of Bethesda
Not BETH-es-duh
THEZ is the pushed beat and the opening buh is swallowed in front of it.
Not buh-THES-duh
That s in the middle hums into a z, so the stressed block ends on a buzz rather than a hiss.
Tip: The Welsh town and the Maryland town both took the name from the biblical pool, by way of a chapel.
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