Meaning & History
The capital of Lebanon. It is derived from Hebrew be'erot which means "the wells".
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Type Settlement
Usage English, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Ukrainian
Scripts Бейрут(Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian Cyrillic, Russian, Ukrainian) ביירות(Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /beɪ.ˈɹuːt/(English) /baɪ̯.ˈʁuːt/(German) /ˈbaɪ̯.ʁuːt/(German) /ˈbeɪ.ʁuːt/(German) /ˈbɛɪ̯.ʁuːt/(German) /bei.ˈrut/(Italian) /bej.ˈrut/(Romanian) /bʲɪj.ˈrut/(Russian) /bei.ˈɾut/(Spanish) /bei̯.ˈrut/(Ukrainian) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
From the Arabic name بيروت (Bayrut), itself derived from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (bērūt) meaning "wells", a reference to the area's accessible water table. This is the name of the capital city of Lebanon as well as an alternate transcription of the Belarusian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian and Ukrainian form Бейрут (see Beyrut).