Beirut
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Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish بیروت (Beyrût), from Arabic بَيْرُوت (Bayrūt), ultimately from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt /Bērūt/), from Proto-West Semitic *biʾrāt- (“wells”). Doublet of Berytus.
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Beirut
- The capital and largest city of Lebanon.
- The drinking game of beer pong.
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capital and largest city of Lebanon
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References edit
- ^ “Beirut”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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Beirut
- Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)
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Beirut n (proper noun, genitive Beiruts or (optionally with an article) Beirut)
- Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)
See also edit
- Bayreuth (not to be confused)
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Beirut ?
- Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)
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Beirut n (genitive Beiruts)
- Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)