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Beirut

//beɪˈɹuːt// name

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  1. 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. 2
    The drinking game of beer pong.

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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