No. 781 in Arabic

بيروت

Beirut: The capital city of Lebanon.

In a sentence

بيروت هي عاصمة لبنان.
Beirut is the capital of Lebanon.
In this sentence, 'بيروت' is used as a proper noun identifying the specific city that is the capital of Lebanon.
عملت في بيروت لمدة سنتين.
I worked in Beirut for two years.
Here, 'بيروت' functions as a geographic location where the action of working took place.
المنتجات في سوق بيروت متنوّعة جدًا.
The products in the Beirut market are very diverse.
'بيروت' in this sentence describes the market related to or located in Beirut, functioning as an associative term.

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