Definitions for benghazi
bɛnˈgɑ zi, bɛŋ-beng·haz·i

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1. Benghazinoun

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

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1. Benghazinoun

   A Mediterranean sea port in North Africa, in what is today Libya.

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1. Benghazi

   Benghazi () (lit. Son of [the] Ghazi) is the second-most populous city in Libya as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 807,250 in 2020. Located on the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean, Benghazi is also a major seaport. A Greek colony named Euesperides had existed in the area from around 525 BC. In the 3rd century BC, it was relocated and refounded as the Ptolemaic city of Berenice. Berenice prospered under the Romans, and after the 3rd century AD it superseded Cyrene and Barca as the centre of Cyrenaica. The city went into decline during the Byzantine period and had already been reduced to a small town before its conquest by the Arabs. In 1911, Italy captured Benghazi and the rest of Tripolitania from the Ottomans. Under Italian rule, Benghazi witnessed a period of extensive development and modernization, particularly in the second half of the 1930s. The city changed hands several times during World War II and was heavily damaged in the process. After the war Benghazi was rebuilt and became the co-capital of the newly independent Kingdom of Libya. Following the 1969 coup d'état by Muammar Gaddafi, Benghazi lost its capital status and all government offices relocated to Tripoli. On 15 February 2011, an uprising against the government of Muammar Gaddafi occurred in the city. The revolts spread by 17 February to Bayda, Tobruk, Ajdabya, Al Marj in the East and Zintan, Zawiya in the West, calling for the end of the Gaddafi Regime. Benghazi was taken by Gaddafi opponents on 21 February, who founded the National Transitional Council. On 19 March 2011, the city was the site of the turning point of the Libyan Civil War, when the Libyan Army attempted to score a decisive victory against the NTC by attacking Benghazi, but was forced back by local resistance and intervention from the French Air Force authorized by UNSC Resolution 1973 to protect civilians, allowing the rebellion to continue. Benghazi remains a centre of Libyan commerce, industry, transport and culture. It continues to hold institutions and organizations normally associated with a capital city, including several national government buildings as well as the National Library of Libya.

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1. benghazi

   Benghazi is the second largest city in Libya, located on the country's northeastern Mediterranean coast. It is historically known as a center for commerce, industry, transportation and education in Libya. Benghazi came to international attention in 2012 when an American diplomatic compound in the city was attacked, resulting in the deaths of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

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1. Benghazi

   Benghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the capital of the Cyrenaica region, and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya. The port city is located on the Mediterranean Sea. During the Kingdom era of Libya's history, Benghazi enjoyed a sort of joint-capital status, possibly because the King used to reside in the nearby city of Bayda and the Senussis in general were associated with Cyrenaica rather than Tripolitania. Benghazi continues to hold institutions and organizations normally associated with a national capital city. This creates a constant atmosphere of rivalry and sensitivities between Benghazi and Tripoli and by extension between the two regions. The population of the entire district was 500,120 in the 1995 census and had increased to 670,797 in the 2006 census. On 15 February 2011, an uprising against the government of Muammar Gaddafi occurred in the city. On 21 February, the city was taken by Gaddafi opponents, who founded the National Transitional Council days later. On 19 March it was the site of the turning point of the Libyan civil war, when the Libyan Army attempted to score a decisive victory against the NTC by attacking Benghazi, but was forced back by locals resistance and intervention from French Air Force authorized by UNSC Resolution 1973 to protect civilians, allowing the rebellion to continue.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of benghazi in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of benghazi in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of benghazi in a Sentence

1. Kim Jong:

   This will not be a Benghazi. Benghazi should never have happened. This will never, ever be a Benghazi.

2. Kevin McCarthy:

   Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? but we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping. Why? Because she's untrustable. But no one would have known any of that had happened had we not fought.

3. Dick Harpootlian:

   There's always another shoe to drop with Hillary, do we nominate her not knowing what's in those e-mails? If the e-mails were just her and her family and friends canoodling about fashion and what they're going to do next week, that's one thing. But the fact that she's already turned e-mails to the Benghazi committee because she was doing official business on it means she's going to die by 1,000 cuts on this one.

4. Van Buren:

   Boy, does this smell like bad fish, this does seem kind of coincidental that these new rules, after three years, have been issued in the same time frame as the Hillary Clinton [ email ] situation... and looking forward to [ Benghazi ] hearings in October.

5. Donald Trump:

   [Holt] didn’t ask her about the emails at all. He didn’t ask her about her scandals. He didn’t ask her about [Benghazi], they were leaving all of her little goodies out.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=benghazi
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Benghazi
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benghazi
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=benghazi