Ephrata may refer to:
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Ephrata, Suriname
Ephrata was a village located within the Bakkie, Suriname, Bakkie resort of the Commewijne District of Suriname.
Ephrata started as a sugar plantation, and had been documented as early as 20 November 1708. The plantation is located on the Cottica ...
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Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Ephrata ( ; ) is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located east of Harrisburg and about west-northwest of Philadelphia and is named after Ephrath, the former name for current-day Bethlehem. In its early hist ...
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Ephrata, Washington
Ephrata ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Washington, United States. Its population was 8,477 at the 2020 census.
History
Ephrata was officially incorporated on June 21, 1909 and was given the county seat for the newly crea ...
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Ephrata Township, Pennsylvania
Ephrata Township is a township in northeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,391 at the 2020 census.
History
The Erb's Covered Bridge, Jacob Keller Farm, Keller's Covered Bridge, Hibshman Farm, and P ...
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Other uses
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Ephrata Cloister
The Ephrata Cloister or Ephrata Community was a religious community, established in 1732 by Johann Conrad Beissel at Ephrata, in what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The grounds of the community are now owned by the Commonwealth of P ...
, a religious community in Ephrata, Pennsylvania
* Ephrata Erratic Fan, a geologic feature of the Lower Coulee within the
Grand Coulee
Grand Coulee is an ancient river bed in the U.S. state of Washington. This National Natural Landmark stretches for about southwest from Grand Coulee Dam to Soap Lake, being bisected by Dry Falls into the Upper and Lower Grand Coulee.
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in the U.S. state of Washington
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Efrata
Efrat (), or previously officially Efrata (), is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, established in 1983 in the Judean Mountains. Efrat is located south of Jerusalem, between Bethlehem and Hebron, east of the Green Line, at the Palestinia ...
or Efrat, an Israeli settlement near Bethlehem in the West Bank
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Ephratah, New York
Ephratah is a town in Fulton County, New York, United States. The population was 1,682 at the 2010 census. It is named after Ephrath, a biblical town in what is now Israel.
The town of Ephratah is in the southwestern part of the county and is wes ...
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Ephrath
Ephrath or Ephrathah or Ephratah () is a biblically referenced former name of Bethlehem, meaning "fruitful". It is also a personal name.
Biblical place
A very old tradition holds that Ephrath refers to Bethlehem, as the first mention of Ephrath o ...
, a traditional name of Bethlehem, and a wife of the biblical Caleb, son of Hezron
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