beulah

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Definition of beulah in English English dictionary

A female given name

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.

given name, female

Hyphenation

Beu·lah

Turkish pronunciation

byulı

Pronunciation

/ˈbyo͞olə/ /ˈbjuːlə/

Etymology

() A biblical name applied to the land of Israel, from Hebrew beulah "married (woman)", taken up as a given name by Puritans.