# Benghazi

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bɛnˈɡɑ.zi/ · frequency rank #12,916

## Definitions
1. A port city in eastern Libya.

## Etymology
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)".

## Easily confused with
- **Bengali** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bengali-vs-benghazi)

## Common misspellings (12)
`bbenghazi`, `begnhazi`, `bengahzi`, `bengghazi`, `benghaiz`, `benghazzi`, `benghhazi`, `benghzai`, `benhgazi`, `bennghazi`, `bneghazi`, `ebnghazi`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/benghazi