Cirenaica

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A form of Cyrenaica — A geographic region, an and former province of northeastern Libya; in modern usage, extended to the entire eastern portion of Libya.

OriginItalian Cirenaica ← Latin Cyrenaica →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativehistoricalAlternative spelling of Cyrenaica: A geographic region, an and former province of northeastern Libya; in modern usage, extended to the entire eastern portion of Libya.

    Before the Italian occupation in 1911, the only railway in Cirenaica was about 18 miles of Decauville line in the Benghazi area.

    1944 September and October, P. J. Bawcutt, “The Benghazi Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 303

Origin

  1. LatinCyrenaica
  2. ItalianCirenaica
  3. EnglishCirenaica

From Italian Cirenaica, from Latin Cyrenaica, q.v.

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