seaport in NE Libya, on the Gulf of Sidra: formerly (1951-72) one of the country's two capitals: pop. 368,000
See Benghazi in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also Ben·ga·si
A city of northeast Libya on the Gulf of Sidra. Inhabited since Greek and Roman times, it is a major port and was a capital of Libya from 1951 to 1972. Population: 685,000.