belem

Other forms of belem

plural

belems·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about belem

What does belem mean?

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

How many syllables are in belem?

belem has 2 syllables: bel-em. The stress falls on "em". In IPA it is /ˌbɛˈlɛm/.

What is another word for belem?

Close synonyms include Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is belem a common word?

belem is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with belem?

1 word rhymes with belem. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.