Tripolitania

British

/ ˌtrɪpəlɪˈteɪnɪə /

noun

the NW part of Libya: established as a Phoenician colony in the 7th century _bc ; taken by the Turks in 1551 and became one of the Barbary states; under Italian rule from 1912 until World War II

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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

Cyrenaica turned toward Egypt, Tripolitania toward Tunisia and Algeria, and the Fezzan to trade and caravan routes in the Sahara.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 25, 2011

At the end of four months spent in Tripolitania, John Cornwall's contract for a year's service with the Y expired and he asked for transportation to America.

From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Holt, Mathew Joseph

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