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BENGHAZI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Benghazi mean? 

BENGHAZI (noun)
  The noun BENGHAZI has 1 sense:

1. port in northern Libya on the Gulf of Sidra; formerly a joint capital of Libya with Tripoliplay

  Familiarity information: BENGHAZI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BENGHAZI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Port in northern Libya on the Gulf of Sidra; formerly a joint capital of Libya with Tripoli

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Benghazi" is a part of...):

Libya; Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum)


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