Meaning

3 senses

  1. The capital and largest city of Lebanon.

    Beirut

    Бейру́тBejrút

    Бейру́тBejrút

  2. The capital and largest city of Lebanon.

    (metonymically)The Lebanese government.

  3. The drinking game of beer pong.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. Where is Beirut?

    Де Бейрут? — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

    ruГде находится Бейрут? — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  2. The capital of Lebanon is Beirut.

    ruСтолица Ливана - Бейрут. — marafon

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  3. My sister is in Beirut at the moment.

    ruМоя сестра сейчас в Бейруте. — marafon

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  4. "What country is Beirut the capital of?" "Lebanon."

    ru«Бейрут — столица какой страны?» — «Ливана». — marafon

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  5. Mary teaches mathematics in English at a university in Beirut.

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Translations

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Origin

From Ottoman Turkish بیروت (beyrût), from Arabic بَيْرُوت (bayrūt), ultimately from Phoeni

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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Forms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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