Beirut
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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.
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: bā-ro͞otʹ, IPA(key): /beɪˈɹuːt/[1]
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file)
- Hyphenation: Bei‧rut
- Rhymes: -uːt
Proper noun
editBeirut
- The capital and largest city of Lebanon.
- The drinking game of beer pong.
Related terms
editTranslations
editcapital 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.
Anagrams
editDanish
editProper noun
editBeirut
- Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)
German
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBeirut 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)
Spanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBeirut ?
- Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)
Swedish
editProper noun
editBeirut n (genitive Beiruts)
- Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)
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- English terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
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- English terms derived from Phoenician
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- Rhymes:English/uːt
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- en:Cities in Lebanon
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- en:Phoenicia
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- da:Cities in Lebanon
- da:National capitals
- da:Places in Lebanon
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- de:Cities in Lebanon
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ut
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- es:Cities in Lebanon
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- sv:Cities in Lebanon
- sv:National capitals
- sv:Places in Lebanon