Cyrene

American  

[sahy-ree-nee] / saɪˈri ni /

noun

1. an ancient Greek city and colony in N Africa, in Cyrenaica.

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Cyrene British  

/ saɪˈriːnɪ /

noun

1. an ancient Greek city of N Africa, near the coast of Cyrenaica: famous for its medical school

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Example Sentences

Cyrene was a Greek colony and one of the principle cities of the ancient Hellenic world before becoming a major centre under the Romans until an earthquake destroyed it in the year 365.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2023

The channel also posted pictures of a collapsed road between Sousse and Shahat, home to the Greek-founded and UNESCO-listed archaeological site Cyrene.

From Reuters • Sep. 11, 2023

And in 2008, then-Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi handed over to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi the Venus of Cyrene, an ancient Roman statue taken in 1913 by Italian troops.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2023

Broadcaster Leander Kandiero, the son of artist Caxton Kandiero, said it was amazing to see the exhibition and explained how Cyrene Mission changed his father's life when he started there aged nine.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2022

One of the few local documents to survive from this time, the so-called Constitution of Cyrene, prescribes the kind of political machinery one might expect in a wholly independent polis.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro