Beirut

Also Bey·routh

[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)

Beirut

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

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.

Example Sentences

In addition to disarmament, Washington is also demanding that Beirut dry up the group's funding from Iran, which slammed Sunday's "cowardly" assassination.

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It continues to shield the group from enforcement action by the Lebanese government, epitomized by Beirut’s failure to prevent Hezbollah from projecting Nasrallah’s image onto Raouche Rock or to respond with meaningful punitive actions.

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The US delegation's visit to Beirut, headed by senior director for counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka, came as Washington works to cut off Iran-backed Hezbollah's funding and Lebanon's government tries to disarm it.

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“Should Beirut continue to hesitate, Israel may act unilaterally,” Tom Barrack, the U.S. envoy to Lebanon, warned in October, and that’s what happened.

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“Should Beirut continue to hesitate, Israel may act unilaterally—and the consequences would be grave,” Tom Barrack, U.S. ambassador to Turkey and a key American envoy for Lebanon and Syria, said in October.

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