Biruta (disambiguation)
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Biruta may refer to:
People
[edit]- Biruta (given name) or Birutė, a Lithuanian and Latvian female given name
- Biruta (mythology) or Birutė, mythologized version of the wife of Kęstutis, the priestess of Palanga, worshipped as a deity
- Gilvydas Biruta (born 1991), a Lithuanian basketball player
- Vincent Biruta (born 1958), a Rwandan physician and politician
Places
[edit]- Biruta (ancient city); the historic ancient city of antiquity at the core of Beirut, Lebanon; before Alexander
- Berytus, the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine era version of the city of Beirut, also Biruta in the local language at the time of Alexander.
Other uses
[edit]- Biruta (poem), a heroic poem by Silvestras Teofilis Valiūnas, that became a Lithuanian hymn, composed in the Samogitian dialect
- Biruta (short story), a short story by Lygia Fagundes Telles. featuring a dog named Biruta
- Biruta (armoured vehicle), a Polish tank; see 2nd Armoured Brigade (Poland)
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