Beirut
pronunciation
How to pronounce Beirut in British English:
UK [beiˈru:t]
How to pronounce Beirut in American English:
US [beˈrut]
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- Noun:
- capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean
Word Origin
- Beirut
- Lebanese capital, from Hebrew, literally "the wells," from be'erot, plural of be'er "well."
Example
- 1. The sit-in began late sunday outside the building in central beirut .
- 2. Full-on gun battles in west beirut .
- 3. Out of my beirut hotel window the jumble of history is everywhere .
- 4. A lebanese leftist activist holds up bread during a demonstration in beirut .
- 5. The mood across lebanon is bleak , as people recall israel 's siege of beirut 24 years ago .