بنغازي

العربية

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بنغازي

/ban.ɣaː.zijj/
/bin.ɣaː.ziː/

Where it comes from

Apparently from earlier مرسى بني غازي (“port of ibn Ghazi”) first attested on a 1579 map by Ali al-Sharfi. Possibly a reference to a Muslim holy man Sidi ibn Ghazi. "Ibn Ghazi" itself can literally be translated as "son of the ghazi (warrior)".

proper noun بَنْغَازِيّ · بِنْغَازِي · banḡāziyy · binḡāzī

Benghazi (a port city in eastern Libya).

In English

Benghazi Benghazi, Libya

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MLA

"بنغازي." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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بنغازي. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A

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"بنغازي." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {بنغازي},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}