Beirut

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English

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Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بیروت (Beyrût), from Arabic بَيْرُوت (Bayrūt), ultimately from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt /⁠Bērūt⁠/), from Proto-West Semitic *biʾrāt- (“wells”). Doublet of Berytus.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bā-ro͞otʹ, IPA(key): /beɪˈɹuːt/
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  • Hyphenation: Bei‧rut
  • Rhymes: -uːt

Proper noun

Beirut

  1. The capital and largest city of Lebanon.
  2. The drinking game of beer pong.

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Translations

References

  1. ^ “Beirut”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

Danish

Proper noun

Beirut

  1. Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɪ̯ˈʁuːt/, /ˈbaɪ̯ˌʁuːt/, /ˈbeɪʁuːt/, /ˈbɛɪ̯ʁuːt/
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Proper noun

Beirut n (proper noun, genitive Beiruts or (optionally with an article) Beirut)

  1. Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)

See also

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beiˈɾut/
  • Rhymes: -ut
  • Syllabification: Bei‧rut

Proper noun

Beirut ?

  1. Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)

Swedish

Proper noun

Beirut n (genitive Beiruts)

  1. Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)
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