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Beirut

[ bey-root ]

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.


Beirut

/ ˌbeɪˈruːt /

noun

  1. the capital of Lebanon, a port on the Mediterranean: part of the Ottoman Empire from the 16th century until 1918; many universities (including Lebanese, American, French, and Arab). Pop: 1 875 000 (2005 est)
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Beirut

  1. Capital of Lebanon , located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea .


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Notes

Often called “the Paris of the Middle East ,” the city was badly damaged during Lebanon's civil war in the 1970s and 1980s. It is now being rebuilt.
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Example Sentences

At Gate 9 of Beirut’s port in mid July, all eyes were on the mammoth, concrete grain silos.

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In Roadrunner we see him falling in love with the food, the people, the vibe of Vietnam, and recoiling in horror from the war that broke out in Beirut in 2006, as one of his shows was filming there.

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Helem, whose executive director is Tarek Zeidan, is an LGBTQ advocacy organization in Beirut, Lebanon.

The small building lights twinkling on rolling hills felt familiar, like the view from my grandmother’s fifth-story apartment in Beirut, another city where mountains slope into the sea.

BEIRUT—It is December, but Sabrine Omar is still wearing her summer clothes.

I arrived in Canada after escaping Saudi Arabia via Cairo and Beirut.

Some of his best friends in Beirut were Palestinians because of his efforts.

No one who knew Peter in Beirut was surprised when he turned his focus to helping Syrians.

We were both studying introductory Arabic at the Saifi Institute in the Gemmayzeh area in Beirut, Lebanon.

Giving him a chance to rest, I made hasty arrangements for a night ride to Beirut.

It happened that the College in Beirut was short-handed that year, and in need of an additional teacher.

And here was Beirut again: here the snowy crest of Lebanon, here the roadstead crowded with craft; here the mulberry groves.

At Beirut, we were told, seven steamers were waiting to take them on the next stage of their homeward journey.

This line connects southward with the railways to Palestine, while westward a railway runs to the important seaport of Beirut.

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