Meanings
proper noun
- The capital city of Zawiya district, Libya.
When he got to Zawiyah, the coastal town west of Tripoli that has become the main hub for the people-smuggling industry, he was kidnapped a second time and held in a tiny cell for six months.
2020 February 13, Roland Oliphant, “'I have lost four years of my life': the desperate migrants stuck in squalid Libyan camps”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2025
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APA
Zawiyah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zawiyah
MLA
“Zawiyah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zawiyah. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zawiyah,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zawiyah.
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