Cyrenaica

昔兰尼加[利比亚东部一地区]

发音

/saɪɹəˈneɪ.ɪkə/

别名

Cyrenaïca Cirenaica Kyrenaika

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A geographic region, an and former province of northeastern Libya; in modern usage, extended to the entire eastern portion of Libya.

词源

From Latin Cȳrenaica, from Ancient Greek Κῡρηναϊκή (Kūrēnaïkḗ), from Κῡρηνᾰῐ̈κός (Kūrēnăĭ̈kós, “Cyrenean, adj.”) + -ή (-ḗ, “-a: forming feminine nouns”), from Κῡρηναῖος (Kūrēnaîos, “Cyrenean, n.”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”), from Κυρήνη (Kurḗnē, “Cyrene”) + -ιος (-ios, “-y: forming demonyms”). Equivalent to Cyrenaic + -a.

来源：wiktionary