Beirut

English

Alternative forms

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.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: bā-ro͞otʹ, IPA(key): /beɪˈɹuːt/[1]
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  • Hyphenation: Bei‧rut
  • Rhymes: -uːt

Proper noun

Beirut

  1. The capital and largest city of Lebanon.
  2. The drinking game of beer pong.

Translations

References
  1. “Beirut”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

Danish

Proper noun

Beirut

  1. Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baɪ̯ˈʁuːt/, /ˈbaɪ̯ˌʁuːt/, /ˈbeɪʁuːt/, /ˈbɛɪ̯ʁuːt/
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Proper noun

Beirut n (proper noun, genitive Beiruts or (optionally with an article) Beirut)

  1. Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beiˈɾut/ [bei̯ˈɾut̪]
  • Rhymes: -ut
  • Syllabification: Bei‧rut

Proper noun

Beirut ?

  1. Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)

Swedish

Proper noun

Beirut n (genitive Beiruts)

  1. Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)
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