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Where does “بیروت” come from?
بیروت (Persian) comes from Arabic بَيْرُوت, from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 — wells.
Ancestry of “بیروت”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Arabic
بَيْرُوت
—
2
Phoenician
𐤁𐤓𐤕
wells
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