English Explanatory Dictionary

Beirut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

bā-ro͞otʹ /beɪˈɹuːt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Beirut.wav En-us-Beirut.oga

Word forms

Beirut Beyrout

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.

Related words

Beiruti Berytus
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