Biruta (disambiguation)

Biruta may refer to:

People

• Biruta (given name) or Birutė, a Lithuanian and Latvian female given name
• Biruta (mythology) or Birutė, mythologized version of Birutė, the wife of Grand Duke 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

• 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

• Biruta (poem), a poem by Silvestras Teofilis Valiūnas, that became a Lithuanian song, 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)

See also

• Birute (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Biruta
• All pages with titles containing Biruta