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Fezzan

[fez-zahn]
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noun
  1. a former province in SW Libya: part of the Sahara with numerous oases. 220,000 sq. mi. (570,000 sq. km).
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Historical Examples

  • One had originally come from Ghedames, one from Ghat and one from Fezzan.

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917

    Various

  • He was attended by two Arabs and a couple of Fezzan lads he had taken into his service.

  • Upon the 17th of November, the caravan halted at Murzuk, the capital of Fezzan.

  • By the Romans it was called Phazania, whence the present name Fezzan.

  • By this time other friends joined, amongst them poor Ritchie who was going to penetrate by Fezzan to Timbuctoo.

    Life of John Keats

    Sidney Colvin

British Dictionary definitions for fezzan

Fezzan

noun
  1. a region of SW Libya, in the Sahara: a former province (until 1963)
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