BELEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Belem mean? 

• BELEM (noun)
  The noun BELEM has 1 sense:

1. port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin

  Familiarity information: BELEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BELEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Belem; Feliz Lusitania; Para; Santa Maria de Belem; St. Mary of Bethlehem

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Belem" is a part of...):

Brasil; Brazil; Federative Republic of Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)