Crossword-Solution: DERNA
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DERNA | anagram | ANDER, ANDRE, ARDEN, AREND, DENAR, ENARD, ERDNA, NADER, NDREA, NEARD, NEDRA, RDEAN, REDAN |
We have 18 clues for the answer “DERNA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Tripolitan seaport. | 1 answer |
| Strategic seaport of Libya. | 1 answer |
| British-held Libyan port. | 1 answer |
| Coastal city in Libya | 1 answer |
| Coastal city of Libya. | 1 answer |
| Strategic seaport in Libya. | 1 answer |
| Libyan port of war fame. | 1 answer |
| Libyan port, east of Bengasi. | 1 answer |
| Libyan port city devastated by a 2023 flood | 1 answer |
| Port of Libya. | 1 answer |
| Seaport in Cyrenaica, west of Tobruk. | 1 answer |
| Seaport in Libya on Rommel's retreat route. | 1 answer |
| Seaport in Libya. | 1 answer |
| Libyan seaport. | 2 answers |
| Libyan city. | 2 answers |
| Port of Cyrenaica. | 2 answers |
| Libyan port. | 4 answers |
| NORTH African port | 8 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree;
supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this
application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir
J. Davies.
Hint 2 anagram
DEVNII
Hint 3 another clue
"Delicious!"
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Sentences with DERNA (5)
Hjaltet var hamrat av guld, men runor syntes på klingan, 75 underbara, ej kända i Nord, men de kändes vid solens portar, där fäderna bott, förrn åsarna förde dem hit upp.
This plant grows only in the tract between Merj and Derna--the very heart of the old silphium country, while that it has medicinal properties is certain from its effects upon animals; there can thus be little doubt that it is the silphium of the ancients, somewhat degenerated, owing to want of cultivation.
The blockade was maintained vigorously, and in 1805 an attack was made upon the Tripolitan town of Derna, by a combined land and naval force; the former being under command of Consul-General Eaton, who had been a captain in the American army, and of Lieutenant O'Bannon of the Marines.
After 1835 Derna passed under direct Ottoman control, and subsequently served as the point whence the sultan exerted a precarious but increasing control over eastern Cyrenaica and Marmarica.
With Derna as a base of operations, and with the co-operation of the American fleet, he held that it would be a comparatively simple matter to push on along the coast, taking in turn Benghazi, Tobruk, and the city of Tripoli itself.
Quotes with DERNA (1)
I think I'll accept the challenge to battle. I can choose the terms, right? And I don't have the faintest idea how to 'prevent' a revolution. Besides, as far as I know, revolutions can get out of hand. Remember the German revolution, with the guillotine?" Derna smirked. "German revolution? Guillotine? The guillotine was used in the French revolution. Nice try, little brother.""I'm actually impressed he knew what a guillotine was," commented Armen, deadpan. I glared at the two…
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 22 times in crossword archives (1942–1991).