Tripolitania
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They point to 1951 when power was devolved to Cyrenaica, the southern province of Fezzan, and Tripolitania in the west.
From Reuters ● Oct. 7, 2013
South Africans who served in the Tripolitania Civil Police Force lie alongside the dead of King George V's own Bengal sappers and miners.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2012
“Where we are heading is a de facto partition, between Tripolitania and Cyrenaica,” the historic names for western and eastern Libya.
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 13, 2011
The country is a colonial construct, forged under Italian rule by fascist dictator Bettino Mussolini, who in 1934 combined the once- Ottoman provinces of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan.
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 13, 2011
Then John thought, "the hill country will be fine this summer;" but he was told to come out of his dolomite burrow and dwell in a tent with the Arabs in Tripolitania for the summer.
From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Holt, Mathew Joseph
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