Beirut
//beɪˈɹuːt// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The capital and largest city of Lebanon.
"An Israeli airstrike rocked southern Beirut on Sunday soon after the military issued an evacuation warning for the Lebanese capital."
- 2 The drinking game of beer pong.
Example
More examples"My sister is in Beirut at the moment."
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.
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