Beirut
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English
Alternative forms
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 and Beeroth.
Pronunciation
- enPR: bā-ro͞otʹ, IPA(key): /beɪˈɹuːt/[1]
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- Hyphenation: Bei‧rut
- Rhymes: -uːt
Proper noun
Beirut
- The capital and largest city of Lebanon.
- The drinking game of beer pong.
Related terms
Translations
capital and largest city of Lebanon
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References
- ^ “Beirut”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Danish
Proper noun
Beirut
- Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Beirut n (proper noun, genitive Beiruts or (optionally with an article) Beirut)
- Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)
See also
- Bayreuth (not to be confused)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Beirut ?
- Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)
Swedish
Proper noun
Beirut n (genitive Beiruts)
- Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)