Fezzan

[ fez-zahn ]

/ fɛzˈzɑn /

noun

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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Examples from the Web for fezzan

This division, however, is fastidious at present, as all those on service in Fezzan are now possessed of horses.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1|James Richardson
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
The tribe of Borgou, placed further southward, nearly on the parallel of the southern part of Fezzan.
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man|Robert Gordon Latham
A marabout of Fezzan also accompanies us, and our camel-drivers are from the same country.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1|James Richardson

We found that he had left dates, wheat, and a little olive-oil and mutton-fat—the ordinary stock of all families in Fezzan.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1|James Richardson

British Dictionary definitions for fezzan

Fezzan

/ (fɛˈzɑːn) /

noun

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

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