Beulah
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) a name applied to the land of Israel or Jerusalem, possibly as denoting their future prosperity.
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a first name.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Beulah
From Hebrew bəʾūlāh, literally, “married woman”
Example Sentences
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Thirty-five years ago, Smalls opened his first restaurant, Café Beulah, which set him on that path.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025
For more than four decades, Lagueria Davis’s aunt, Beulah Mae Mitchell, worked at Mattel.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024
Cai Ladd and Wyn Jones, both in their 30s, were raised in Beulah, Ceredigion, but now live and work away.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2022
Mr. Korty’s marriages to Carol Tweedie and Beulah Chang ended in divorce.
From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2022
“Jest fore Li’l Beulah got thar, a storm come up and hailstones big as this commenced a-fallin’.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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