Beulah

Proper noun

Beulah

1. A female given name from Hebrew.
   • Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 62:4
   • I was into names then for some reason, and hit upon the name Beulah. When I was a child it was a name like Bertha, and you made a joke about Beulah, Big Beulah. I thought, wouldn't it be nice to use the name Beulah and try to get it in a poem.2003, Rita Dove, Earl G. Ingersoll, Conversations with Rita Dove, Univ. of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 43
2. A village, the county seat of Benzie County, Michigan.
3. A town in Mississippi.
4. A city in North Dakota.
5. A census-designated place in Wyoming.
6. A village in Ceredigion, Wales.
7. A small village in Treflys community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SN9251).
8. A town in the Shire of Yarriambiack, north western Victoria, Australia.
9. A town in Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.