Bethesda

NIH headquarters city

Bethesda is a wealthy suburb of Washington, D.C., in Maryland, known for its affluent residents and proximity to federal institutions including the National Institutes of Health and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

The name comes from a biblical healing pool.

Bethesda Softworks, the video game company behind *The Elder Scrolls* and *Fallout* series, is also headquartered there, making "Bethesda" shorthand among gamers for the studio itself: Bethesda just announced a new title.

maryland

suburb

Outlying residential district

Walter Reed · metro · affluent · biotech · research · hospital · Potomac · downtown · Maryland · commuter

biblical

healing

Restoration of health

  • poolCollective fund or basin
  • JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
  • miracleSupernatural occurrence beyond explanation

angel · water · Gospel · John · paralytic · portico · stirring · invalid · sabbath · Jesus

gaming

Fallout

Post-apocalyptic gaming franchise

modding · open world · Wolfenstein · bugs · console · DLC · wasteland · dragons · vaults · settlements

medical

NIH

Federal medical research agency

campus · hospital · biomedical · funding · science · federal · laboratories · grants · physicians · breakthrough

Categories
Opposites
video game company philosophy

BethesdaFromSoftware

Japanese game studio

Nintendo · Valve · Blizzard

biblical healing sites

BethesdaGehenna

Place of eternal torment

Golgotha · cursed ground · valley of the shadow of death · desolation · abandonment

socioeconomic status

BethesdaAppalachia

Eastern U.S. mountain region

skid row · trailer park · Camden · Gary Indiana · East St. Louis

Phrases
Family

Bethesda system

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G