An affluent unincorporated suburb in central Maryland, north of Washington, DC. It is home to the National Institutes of Health; population 55,277 (2000).
Definition of Bethesda in US English:
Bethesda
proper nounbəˈTHezdə
An affluent unincorporated suburb in central Maryland, north of Washington, DC. It is home to the National Institutes of Health; population 55,277 (2000).