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Beirut

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The capital and largest city of Lebanon, in the western part of the country on the Mediterranean Sea. Founded by the Phoenicians, it was an important Greek and Roman trade center. Beirut was the scene of bitter factional fighting between Christians and Muslims after the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war in 1975 and was further damaged by an Israeli siege in 1982.

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  • proper noun The capital city of Lebanon.
  • proper noun The drinking game of beer pong.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean

Etymologies

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From Arabic بيروت (Bayrūt), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (Berot, Birut)

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Examples

  • BEIRUT -- In Beirut, you don't hail a cab, it hails you, with a raucous honk.

    'Girl Taxi' Service Offers Haven to Beirut's Women 2009

  • BEIRUT -- "The bombs are dropping on Beirut with Snoop Doggy Dogg!" said rap music fan Nick Haddad as he walked out of the show ...

    Danny Groner: Snoop Dogg's Best Lines from Past TV Appearances 2009

  • BEIRUT: Israel is sending automated voice messages to mobile phones and interfering with phone lines in Beirut and southern Lebanon in what appears to be an attempt to incite the Lebanese against Hizbullah one day after a United Nations-brokered prisoner swap, Lebanese media reported on Thursday morning.

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  • BEIRUT: Israel is sending automated voice messages to mobile phones and interfering with phone lines in Beirut and southern Lebanon in what appears to be an attempt to incite the Lebanese against Hizbullah one day after a United Nations-brokered prisoner swap, Lebanese media reported on Thursday morning.

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  • BRENT SADLER, CNN BEIRUT BUREAU CHIEF (voice over): A noisy celebration in Beirut despite a security ban on fireworks.

    CNN Transcript May 31, 2007 2007

  • (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) BRENT SADLER, CNN BEIRUT BUREAU CHIEF (voice over): A politically charged, emotional funeral passes through tense streets in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

    CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2007 2007

  • BRENT SADLER, CNN BEIRUT BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): The somber aftermath of Lebanon's latest political assassination, the body of young cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel is carried through the streets of his Christian ancestral home outside Beirut.

    CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2006 2006

  • BRENT SADLER, CNN BEIRUT BUREAU CHIEF: For a third straight day, anti-government protesters have paralyzed the commercial center of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

    CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2006 2006

  • BRENT SADLER, CNN BEIRUT BUREAU CHIEF (voice over): On a main road from Beirut to south Lebanon there are very few signs of life.

    CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2006 2006

  • BRENT SADLER, CNN BEIRUT BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): After more than two months in hiding, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah breaks cover -- a mass of followers assemble amid the ruins of Hezbollah's stronghold, south of the capital, Beirut, to hear him speak.

    CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2006 2006

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