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Betar

Betar proper noun: an ancient Jewish village, destroyed after the Bar Kokhba revolt. Now the site of the Palestinian village of Battir.

Proper noun

Betar

  1. An ancient Jewish village, destroyed after the Bar Kokhba revolt. Now the site of the Palestinian village of Battir.

Forms of Betar

alternative formBeitar
alternative formBethar

Origin of Betar

Borrowed from Hebrew בֵּיתַּר. Doublet of Battir.

Questions about Betar

What does Betar mean?
Betar means an ancient Jewish village, destroyed after the Bar Kokhba revolt. Now the site of the Palestinian village of Battir.
What part of speech is Betar?
Betar is a proper noun.

Words near Betar in the dictionary

  1. betapartitiviruses
  2. betaprodine
  3. betaproteobacteria
  4. betaproteobacterial
  5. betaproteobacterium
  6. Betar
  7. betaretroviral
  8. betaretrovirus
  9. betaretroviruses
  10. betaretroviruslike
  11. betartaned

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