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Definition of Capital of Libya
1. Noun. The capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC.
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Libya, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capital Of Libya
Literary usage of Capital of Libya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Rome by Theodor Mommsen (1895)
"The epoch, at which this transformation of Carthage into the capital of Libya
took place, admits the less of being determined, because the change doubtless ..."
2. A hand-book of Bible geography (1844)
"Cyrene was a Greek colony, founded by Battus, a Spartan, who became its king, (Bc631,)
and it was afterwards the capital of Libya underthe Romans. ..."
3. A Commentary on the Gospel of St. Luke by Frédéric Louis Godet (1889)
"... the capital of Libya, had a numerous Jewish population, many of whom came to
settle at Jerusalem (Acts vi. ..."
4. Livy by William Lucas Collins (1876)
"... and had become the capital of Libya. Her merchant seamen, with the enterprise
of their race, had spread themselves along the coasts of the Mediterranean ..."
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