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benghazi

/bɛnˈɡɑ.zi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables
beng-hazi
IPA
/bɛnˈɡɑ.zi/
23
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A port city in eastern Libya.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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)".

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /bɛnˈɡɑ.zi/

Derived Forms

Benghazian

Phrases

Benghazi boiler Benghazi Handicap -ghazi

Questions

How do you pronounce benghazi?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɛnˈɡɑ.zi/.
What does benghazi mean?
A port city in eastern Libya.
Where does benghazi come from?
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)".

How to pronounce benghazi

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