Fezzan

[fez-zahn]

noun

1. a former province in SW Libya: part of the Sahara with numerous oases. 220,000 sq. mi. (570,000 sq. km).

Fezzan

/ fɛˈzɑːn /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Over the past two weeks the company’s chief, Farhat Bengdara, and military officials from eastern Libya have been negotiating with the protest leaders, Fezzan Group.

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The protesters have reportedly called for rehabilitating infrastructure and repairing roads in the southwestern region of Fezzan, one of the historic three provinces of Libya.

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Said was forced to travel across the Sahara to the Turkish province of Fezzan, at the eastern end of the Ottoman Empire.

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Hassan Wanis, head of the general authority for culture in Tripoli, said celebrations and commemorative events were planned in the three regions of old Libya: Tripolitania in the west, Cyrenaica in the east, and Fezzan in the southwest.

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The three council members each represent a region of old Libya: Tripolitania in the west, Cyrenaica in the east, and Fezzan in the southwest.

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