Libya

English

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Etymology

Via Latin from Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libuē). English since the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪbiə/

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• Rhymes: -ɪbiə

Proper noun

Libya

1. A country in North Africa

Derived terms

• Libyan

Translations

country in Northern Africa

• Arabic: ليبيا (ar) (lībiya) f
• Armenian: Լիբիա (hy) (Libia) 
• Asturian: Libia (ast) f
• Belarusian: Лівія (be) (Lívija) f 
• Breton: Libia (br)
• Bulgarian: Либия (bg) (Líbija) f 
• Catalan: Líbia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利比亞 (cmn), 利比亚 (cmn) (Lìbǐyà)

• Czech: Libye (cs) f
• Danish: Libyen (da)
• Dutch: Libië (nl)
• Esperanto: Libio (eo)
• Faroese: Libya (fo)
• Finnish: Libya (fi)
• French: Libye (fr) f

  Middle French: Lybie f

• Galician: Libia (gl) f
• Georgian: ლიბია (ka) (libia) 
• German: Libyen (de) n
• Greek: Λιβύη (el) (Livýi) f 
• Hebrew: לוּב (he) (Lúv) m
• Hindi: लीबिया (hi) (lībiyā) m
• Hungarian: Líbia (hu)
• Icelandic: Líbía (is) f
• Interlingua: Libya (ia)
• Irish: an Libia (ga) f
• Italian: Libia (it) f
• Japanese: リビア (ja) (Ribia)
• Kalenjin: Libya
• Kamba: Libya

• Khmer: ប្រទេសលីប៊ី (km) (prɑteih libii), លីប៊ី (km) (libii)
• Kikuyu: Libia
• Korean: 리비아 (ko) (Ribia)
• Luo: Libya
• Macedonian: Либија (mk) (Líbija) f
• Marathi: लिबिया (mr)
• Meru: Libya
• Navajo: Łíbya
• Norwegian: Libya (no)
• Occitan: Libia (oc) f
• Persian: لیبی (fa) (Libi)
• Polish: Libia (pl)
• Portuguese: Líbia (pt) f
• Romanian: Libia (ro) f
• Russian: Ливия (ru) (Líviya) f 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Либија (sh) f

  Roman: Libija (sh) f

• Slovak: Líbya (sk) f
• Slovene: Líbija (sl) f
• Spanish: Libia (es)
• Swahili: Libya (sw)
• Swedish: Libyen (sv)
• Tamil: லிபியா (ta) (Lipiyā)
• Thai: ลิเบีย (th) (Libiya)
• Turkish: Libya (tr)
• Ukrainian: Лівія (uk) (Lívija) 
• Urdu: لیبیا (ur) (lībiyā) m
• Volapük: Lübän (vo)
• Yiddish: ליביע (yi) (Libye)

See also

• Tripoli
• Appendix:Countries of the world

Anagrams

• bialy

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Finnish

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Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya

Declension

Declension of Libya (type kulkija) singular plural nominative Libya – genitive Libyan – partitive Libyaa – accusative Libya Libyan – inessive Libyassa – elative Libyasta – illative Libyaan – adessive Libyalla – ablative Libyalta – allative Libyalle – essive Libyana – translative Libyaksi – instructive – – abessive Libyatta – comitative – – 1) Rare.

Derived terms

• libyalainen

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libyē) Spelled Libua by Plautus, Libya in Pliny and Cicero. Juvenal has Libye.

Wikipedia ^la

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Lĭbya (genitive Libyae); f, first declension also Lĭbŭa, Lĭbyē

1. Africa, i.e. the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

Inflection

nominative	Libya
genitive	Libyae
dative	Libyae
accusative	Libyam
ablative	Libyā
vocative	Libya
locative	Libyae

Related terms

• Libycus
• Libys

Descendants

• English: Libya

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya

Related terms

• libyer
• libysk

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Turkish

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya

Derived terms

• Libyalı