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Fezzan

American  
[fez-zahn] / fɛzˈzɑn /

noun

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


Fezzan British  
/ fɛˈzɑːn /

noun

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

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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.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

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

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023

About fourteen hundred enslaved people a year passed through Ghadames and the oases center of the Fezzan in Libya, both historically vital to the trans-Saharan trade between Central Sudan and Tripoli.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

The push into the Fezzan region has left Haftar in control of two-thirds of the country, most border crossings and many key oil installations, including the large oil fields in the Murzuk basin.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 11, 2019

Flora and Fauna.—The date-palm is the characteristic tree of Fezzan, and constitutes the chief wealth of the land.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

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