Bethany
- Proper noun. (biblical) The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
- Proper noun. (biblical) The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1).
- Proper noun. (biblical) Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene.
- Proper noun. (given name, female) , transferred use of the biblical place name.
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