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Bethlem Hospital

Name: Bethlem Hospital
Address: GB

51.3808°N -0.0294°W · Q831377

One English word in this atlas traces back to Bethlem Hospital. It sits in United Kingdom.

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bedlamnoun · 16th century

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Chaos is a worn-down pronunciation of Bethlehem.

Bedlam is a folk form of Bethlem, the London hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem. The hospital’s reputation for disorder turned the place-name into a word for uproar.

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