Misrata

English

Alternative forms

• Misratah, Misurata

Etymology

From Arabic مصراتة (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Preceding Arabic word cut-and-pasted from Wikipedia”)

Proper noun

Misrata

1. A port city on the Mediterranean, in northwestern Libya.
   • 2016 April 27, “The Battle of Misrata”, in Al Jazeera‎^[1]:

     The only path for the people of Misrata was to take on the Gaddafi forces, a fact that both civilians and rebel fighters were reconciled to.

2. A district of Libya, with its capital in Misrata.

Anagrams

• tamaris