Tripoli

From Italian Tripoli, from Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + πολις (polis, “city, city-state”). In reference to American cities, after US actions off Tripoli in Libya during the First Barbary War. Doublet of Tripolis and Tirebolu.

The capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna.


Barca

From Latin Barca, from Ancient Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from the local tribe of the Barraci.

(historical) Former name of Marj, a city in Libya.


Benghazi

From Ottoman Turkish بنغازی (Bingâzi) and Arabic بِنْغَازِي (Binḡāzī), apparently from earlier مرسى بني غازي (“port of ibn Ghazi”) first attested on a 1579 map by Ali al-Sharfi. Possibly a reference to a Muslim holy man Sidi ibn Ghazi. "Ibn Ghazi" itself can literally be translated as "son of the ghazi (warrior)".

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Arabic بِنْغَازِي (Binḡāzī)


Sirte

From Italian Sirte under influence from French Syrte, from Arabic سِرْت (Sirt) and Latin Syrtis, from Ancient Greek Σύρτις (Súrtis, “Sirte, Gulf of Sidra, Gulf of Gabes”), of uncertain origin but possibly derived from συρτός (surtós, “swept, dragged along”) from σῡ́ρειν (sū́rein, “to drag along”) in reference to the proverbially treacherous effect of the wind and waves on the area's quicksand. Doublet of syrtis.


Syrte

From French Syrte, from Latin Syrtis, from Ancient Greek Σύρτις (Súrtis), q.v.

Alternative form of Sirte, a city in Libya.


Barke

From Ancient Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from the local tribe of the Barraci.

(historical) Alternative form of Barca, former name of Marj, a city in Libya.


Oea

(historical) A city in Libya, one of the three cities of historical Tripoli, the one that would survive and take Tripoli as its modern name.


Barce

From Italian and Latin Barce, from Ancient Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from the local tribe of the Barraci.


Barka

From Arabic برقة (Barqa), from Byzantine Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from Ancient Greek, from the local tribe of the Barraci.

(historical) Alternative form of Barqa, former name of Marj, a city in Libya.


Misrata

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Arabic مصراتة

The only path for the people of Misrata was to take on the Gaddafi forces, a fact that both civilians and rebel fighters were reconciled to.

2016 April 27, “The Battle of Misrata”, in Al Jazeera:

A port city on the Mediterranean, in northwestern Libya.


Tobruk

A city and port on the Mediterranean in eastern Libya.


Ajdabiya

A town, the capital of Al Wahat district, 150 km south of Benghazi, Libya.


Derna

A city and port in Derna district, in north-eastern Libya.


Zuwarah

A city, the capital of Nuqat al Khams district, north-west Libya.


Gharyan

A city in Jabal al Gharbi District, north-western Libya.


Marj

From Arabic المَرْج (al-Marj), from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + مَرْج (marj, “meadow”).

A city in Libya, the ancient Barca and medieval Barqa.