Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient region of northeast Libya bordering on the Mediterranean Sea. It was colonized by the Greeks in the seventh century BC and became a Roman province in the first century BC.
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- proper noun A
Roman province on the NorthAfrican coast , now part ofLibya
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Examples
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Under Ottoman rule until 1911, the eastern Libya region was known as Cyrenaica, named for a mythological Greek maiden whose favorite sport, according to lore, was killing lions barehanded.
Between Gadhafi and Eastern Libya, a Mutual Distrust Charles Levinson 2011
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Before unification of the state, the east was known as Cyrenaica and the west as Tripolitania.
NYT > Home Page By STEVEN ERLANGER 2011
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Before unification of the state, the east was known as Cyrenaica and the west as Tripolitania.
NYT > Home Page By STEVEN ERLANGER 2011
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Gesenius de Inscriptione Phoenicio-Graeca in Cyrenaica nuper reperta, Halle, 1825.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The Senussis' success in eastern Libya—a region known as Cyrenaica—partly explains why the Italians struggled as colonial ruler there from 1911 until World War II.
Behind Libya Rifts, Tribal Politics Charles Levinson 2011
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No one asks "is that why Libya was divided for centuries into an Eastern region called Cyrenaica with its capital at Benghazi and a Western region called Tripolitania with its capital at Tripoli?"
Benjamin R. Barber: Western Media in Libya: Journalists or the Propaganda Arm of the Insurgency? Benjamin R. Barber 2011
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He also confirmed that the eastern half of Libya, known as Cyrenaica, was no longer under Gadhafi's control.
Tripoli Streets Deserted After Gadhafi Urges Attacks on Protesters 2011
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He also confirmed that the eastern half of Libya, known as Cyrenaica, was no longer under Gadhafi's control.
Tripoli Streets Deserted After Gadhafi Urges Attacks on Protesters 2011
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He also confirmed that the eastern half of Libya, known as Cyrenaica, was no longer under Gadhafi's control.
Tripoli Streets Deserted After Gadhafi Urges Attacks on Protesters 2011
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Flags were to be flown at half mast to mark the Italian declaration of war against Turkey and the occupation of the regions historically known as Cyrenaica and Tripolitania on the Mediterranean coast.
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