Libyan
English
Etymology
Libya + -an. English since the 16th century.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Libyan (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.
Derived terms
Translations
Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language
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Noun
Libyan (plural Libyans)
- A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.
- The Libyan language, short for Libyan Arabic.
Translations
person
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References
- “Libyan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
Libyan
Categories:
- English terms suffixed with -an
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪbiən
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Nationalities
- en:Libya
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ibyɑn
- Rhymes:Finnish/ibyɑn/3 syllables
- Finnish non-lemma forms
- Finnish noun forms