Benghazi
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Benghazi
- /bɛnˈɡɑ.zi/ US
Where it comes from
From Ottoman Turkish بنغازی (Bingâzi) and Arabic بِنْغَازِي (binḡāzī), 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)".
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- A port city in eastern Libya. Their frustration has surfaced in protests in several Libyan cities over the last few days, most notably in Benghazi, the seat of the revolution, where Libyans stormed the National Transitional Council building.
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Closest in meaning: ghazi, bengasi, misrata, tobruk, tripoli, sirte, bardia, sultan, sabha, ajdabiya, ghadames, derna, fezzan, béja, gharyan, latakia
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Talk about this word "Benghazi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/benghazi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Benghazi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/benghazi "Benghazi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/benghazi.Cite this
@misc{benghazi_2026,
title = {Benghazi},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/benghazi},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
