Beirut

proper nounattested in dialogue

//beɪˈɹuːt//

The capital and largest city of Lebanon.

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 capital and largest city of Lebanon. The Lebanese government.
3
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.

Beijing · A direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China.bein · Wealthy; well-to-do.being · A living creature.

Beirut · The capital and largest city of Lebanon.

beka · an ancient Biblical unit of weight, half a shekel bel · A measure of relative power, defined as log₁₀(P ₁/P ₂), where…Bel · A Babylonian deity, corresponding to the Semitic Baal.

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