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Definition of Beirut

1. Noun. Capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean.

Definition of Beirut

1. Proper noun. The capital city of Lebanon. ¹

2. Proper noun. The drinking game of beer pong. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Beirut

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Little books containing the Ordinary of the Liturgy with the Anaphora commonly used are issued by many Catholic booksellers at beirut. ..."

2. A Cyclopedia of Missions: Containing a Comprehensive View of Missionary by Harvey Newcomb (1855)
"The reply of Mr. Bird to the Bishop of beirut, in 1833, received special attention, and served to ... About the same time a press was established in beirut, ..."

3. Journal of Biblical Literature by Society of Biblical Literature (1906)
"... the beirut Syriac Codex EDGAR J. G GODSPEED UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THE Syriac manuscript of the New Testament belonging to the Syrian Protestant College ..."

4. Palestine and Syria: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Albert Socin, Immanuel Benzinger (1894)
"From beirut to'Damascus (by the diligence road) . . 303 b. ... From Ba'albek to Tripoli and beirut by the Cedars of Lebanon 347 From the Cedars to ..."

5. Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson (1874)
"Passing over the higher ground southeast of the city we forded Nahr beirut at some distance south of the bridge ; and crossing two low ridges, ..."

6. Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1856)
"Passing over tbe higher ground southeast of the city we forded Nahr beirut at some distance south of the bridge ; and crossing two low ridges, ..."

7. Later Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions by Edward Robinson (1856)
"Passing over the higher ground southeast of the city we lorded Nahr beirut at some distance south of the bridge ; and crossing two low ridges, ..."

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