Tobruk

/ təˈbrʊk; təʊ- /

noun

1. a small port in NE Libya, in E Cyrenaica on the Mediterranean coast road: scene of severe fighting in World War II: taken from the Italians by the British in Jan 1941, from the British by the Germans in June 1942, and finally taken by the British in Nov 1942

Example Sentences

But not all members of the “Tobruk” government foreign intervention against the Islamists is the right move.

From The Daily Beast

A handful of others took shelter in Tobruk, a city near the Egyptian border.

From The Daily Beast

“Tobruk,” the driver told him, a city near the Egyptian border.

From The Daily Beast

A number of Western media organizations pulled their staff back to the city of Tobruk, near the Egyptian border, on Sunday.

From The Daily Beast

They have, however, the only good ports on the whole coast, Bomba and Tobruk.

From Project Gutenberg