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Cyrenaica

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Cyr·e·na·i·ca  (sr-n-k, sr-)
An ancient region of northeast Libya bordering on the Mediterranean Sea. It was colonized by the Greeks in the seventh century b.c. and became a Roman province in the first century b.c.
Cyrenaica, Cirenaica [ˌsaɪrəˈneɪɪkə ˌsɪrə-]
n
(Placename) a region and former province (1951-63) of E Libya: largely desert; settled by the Greeks in about 630 bc; ruled successively by the Egyptians, Romans, Arabs, Turks, and Italians. Area: 855 370 sq. km (330 258 sq. miles)


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David Stirling, founder of the SAS, believed that Commando raids such as those that had conducted on German positions along the coast of Cyrenaica, in North Africa, were of little value.
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