Libya

Via Latin Libya, from Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē). English since the 16th century.

• enPR: lĭbʹē-ə, IPA^(key): /ˈlɪbi.ə/

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• Hyphenation: Lib‧ya
• Rhymes: -ɪbiə

Libya

2. A country in North Africa. Capital: Tripoli.
   • 2012 April 18, David McKenzie, “Chad’s migrant workers pay price for Libya conflict”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     He is one of the tens of thousands of Chadians who fled last year’s fighting in Libya and are now back in their homeland.

3. (historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

• → Korean: 리비아 (Ribia)

• Tripoli
• Appendix:Countries of the world

• Baily, Lybia, bialy

From Latin Libya.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlibyɑ/, [ˈlibyɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ibyɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Li‧by‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): Li‧bya

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

• Libua
• Libyē

Spelled Libua by Plautus, Libya in Pliny, Virgil and Cicero. Juvenal has Libyē.

From Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈlɪ.by.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.bi.a]

Libya f sg (genitive Libyae); first declension

1. (Old Latin, Classical Latin) the African continent (chiefly North Africa, which was well-known to the Romans)
2. (Late Latin) a region of North Africa, west of Egypt, encompassing the regions of Marmarica and Cyrenaica
3. (New Latin) Libya (a country in North Africa)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• libycus, Libycus
• Libys

• → English: Libya
• Norman: Libye

• “Libya”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Libya in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

• libyer
• libysk

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

• libyar
• libysk

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Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

• Mlibya

Borrowed from English Libya and/or Spanish Libia (“Libya”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlibja/ [ˈlib.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ibja
• Syllabification: Lib‧ya

Libya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜌ)

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

• libay, liyab

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Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

• Libyalı