ليبيا

Arabic

ليبيا

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liː.bi.jaː/

Proper noun

لِيبِيَا • (lībiyā) f

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

   Synonym: (archaic) لُوبِيَا (lūbiyā)

   • 11th century CE, Al-Bakrī, كتاب المسالك والممالك, volume 2, Beirut: دار الغرب الإسلامي, published 1992, page 671:

     وقد زعموا أنّ اسم إفريقية ليبية فسمّيت ببنت يافوه بن يونش الّذي بنى مدينة منفيش بمصر،...

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Derived terms

• لِيبِيّ (lībiyy)

Further reading

• ليبيا on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar

Libyan Arabic

Etymology

From a generalized identity given to a large confederacy of ancient east "Libyan" berbers, African people(s) and tribes who lived around the lush regions of Cyrenaica and Marmarica.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

ليبيا (Lībya) f

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لِيبِيَا (lībiyā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːb.ja/

Proper noun

ليبيا • (lībya) f

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Derived terms

• ليبي (lībi)