Meanings
- 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.
2012 January 26, Moni Basu, “Libyans face tough challenges in building a new nation”, in CNN
Origin
- Arabicبِنْغَازِي
- Ottoman Turkishبنغازی
- EnglishBenghazi
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)".
More words from Ottoman Turkish, Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Benghazi
- BenghaziBenghazi, Libya
Arabic بِنْغَازِي
- بِنْغَازِي (binḡāzī)Benghazi, Libya
Basque Bengazi
- BengaziBenghazi, Libya
Bulgarian Бенга́зи
- Бенга́зи (Bengázi)Benghazi, Libya
Catalan Bengasi
- BengasiBenghazi, Libya
Chinese Mandarin 班加西
- 班加西 (Bānjiāxī)Benghazi, Libya
Czech Benghází
- BengházíBenghazi, Libya
Danish Benghazi
- BenghaziBenghazi, Libya
Dutch Benghazi
- BenghaziBenghazi, Libya
Esperanto Bengazi
- BengaziBenghazi, Libya
Estonian Banghāzī
- BanghāzīBenghazi, Libya
Finnish Bengasi
- BengasiBenghazi, Libya
French Benghazi
- BenghaziBenghazi, Libya
German Bengasi
- BengasiBenghazi, Libya
Greek Βεγγάζη
- Βεγγάζη (Vengázi)Benghazi, Libya
Hebrew בנגאזי
- בנגאזיBenghazi, Libya
Hindi बेनग़ाज़ी
- बेनग़ाज़ी (benġāzī)Benghazi, Libya
Hungarian Bengázi
- BengáziBenghazi, Libya
Indonesian Benghazi
- BenghaziBenghazi, Libya
Irish Benghazi
- BenghaziBenghazi, Libya
Italian Bengasi
- BengasiBenghazi, Libya
Japanese ベンガジ
- ベンガジ (Bengaji)Benghazi, Libya
Korean 벵가지
- 벵가지 (benggaji)Benghazi, Libya
Latin Hesperides
- HesperidesBenghazi, Libya
Latvian Bengāzī
- BengāzīBenghazi, Libya
Lithuanian Bengazis
- BengazisBenghazi, Libya
Malay Benghazi
- BenghaziBenghazi, Libya
Norwegian Benghazi
- BenghaziBenghazi, Libya
Persian بنغازی
- بنغازیBenghazi, Libya
Polish Bengazi
- BengaziBenghazi, Libya
Portuguese Bengasi
- BengasiBenghazi, Libya
Romanian Benghazi
- BenghaziBenghazi, Libya
Russian Бенга́зи
- Бенга́зи (Bengázi)Benghazi, Libya
Slovak Bengázi
- BengáziBenghazi, Libya
Spanish Bengasi, Bengazi
- BengasiBenghazi, Libya
- BengaziBenghazi, Libya
Swedish Benghazi
- BenghaziBenghazi, Libya
Tamil பங்காசி
- பங்காசி (paṅkāci)Benghazi, Libya
Thai เบงกาซี
- เบงกาซี (baynggaasee)Benghazi, Libya
Turkish Bingazi
- BingaziBenghazi, Libya
Ukrainian Бенгазі
- Бенгазі (Benhazi)Benghazi, Libya
Vietnamese Benghazi
- BenghaziBenghazi, Libya
Welsh Benghazi
- BenghaziBenghazi, Libya
Cite this entry
Benghazi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Benghazi
“Benghazi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Benghazi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Benghazi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Benghazi.
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