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–noun

a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon. 702,000.

Also, Beyrouth.

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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 destroyed by an Israeli siege in 1982. Population: 1,250,000.

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beirut
noun
capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean [syn: Bayrut]

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Beirut [(bay-rooht)]

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

Note: 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.

[Chapter:] World Geography

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