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Benghazi
[ben-gah-zee, beng-]
noun
a seaport in N Libya: former capital.
Benghazi
/ ɛˈɡɑːɪ /
noun
Ancient names: Hesperides. Berenice.a port in N Libya, on the Gulf of Sidra: centre of Italian colonization (1911–42); scene of much fighting in World War II. Pop: 1 080 500 (2002 est)
Example Sentences
The Government of National Stability, based in Benghazi, also rejected reports that it would take deportees.
Now, after overcoming a difficult adolescence and the challenge of nurturing a neurodivergent son, she feels much more ectothermic than she did during her childhood in Benghazi, Libya.
Alabama Rep. Barry Moore called Clinton’s receipt of the medal a “disgrace to the memory of the four brave Americans she abandoned in Benghazi,” a sentiment seconded by Ohio Rep. Warren Davidson.
Russia may have lost its key Mediterranean ally, Syria, but it still has a big one in the form of Libya's "Marshal" Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi.
The country is split between two administrations - one based in the eastern region, which includes Benghazi, and the other in the west in the capital Tripoli.
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