Libya

English

Libya

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: lĭbʹē-ə, IPA^(key): /ˈlɪbi.ə/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: Li‧bya
• Rhymes: -ɪbiə

Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

• Libyan
• State of Libya

Descendants

• → Korean: 리비아 (Ribia)

Translations

country in Northern Africa

• Afrikaans: Libië
• Akan: Libia
• Albanian: Libi f, Libia (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ሊቢያ (libiya)
• Arabic: لِيبِيَا (ar) f (lībiyā), لُوبِيَا (lūbiyā) (archaic)

  Libyan Arabic: ليبيا (Lībya)

• Aramaic: ܠܘܒܐ

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܹܘܒ݂ܹܐ (liuwe)

• Armenian: Լիբիա (hy) (Libia)
• Asturian: Libia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Liviya (az)
• Belarusian: Лі́вія f (Lívija)
• Bengali: লিবিয়া (bn) (libiẏa)
• Breton: Libia (br)
• Bulgarian: Ли́бия f (Líbija)
• Burmese: လစ်ဗျား (lacbya:)
• Catalan: Líbia (ca) f
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ (libya)
• Chechen: Ливи (Livi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利比亞 / 利比亚 (zh) (Lìbǐyà)

• Coptic: ⲗⲩⲃⲏ f (lubē)
• Crimean Tatar: Libiya
• Czech: Libye (cs) f
• Danish: Libyen (da) n
• Dhivehi: ލީބިޔާ (lībiyā)
• Domari: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: Libië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Libio (eo)
• Estonian: Liibüa (et)
• Farefare: Libia
• Faroese: Libya
• 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) f (Livýi)

  Ancient: Λιβύη f (Libúē)

• Hausa: Libya
• Hebrew: לוּב m (luv)
• Hindi: लीबिया (hi) m (lībiyā)
• Hungarian: Líbia (hu)
• Icelandic: Líbía f
• Indonesian: Libya (id)
• Interlingua: Libya
• Irish: an Libia f
• Italian: Libia (it) f
• Japanese: リビア (ja) (Ribia)
• Kalenjin: Libya
• Kamba: Libya
• Kannada: ಲಿಬಿಯಾ (libiyā)
• Kazakh: Либия (Libiä), Ливия (kk) (Liviä)
• Khmer: លីប៊ី (km) (liibii)
• Kikuyu: Libia
• Korean: 리비아 (ko) (Ribia)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Lîbya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Ливия (Liviya)
• Lao: ລີບີ (lī bī), ລີເບຍ (lī bīa)
• Latvian: Lībija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Libija (lt) f
• Luo: Libya
• Macedonian: Ли́бија (mk) f (Líbija)
• Malay: Libya (ms)
• Malayalam: ലിബിയ (libiya)
• Maltese: Il-Libja f
• Manchu: ᠯᡳᠪᡳᠶᠠ (libiya)
• Maori: Rīpia
• Marathi: लिबिया (libiyā)
• Meru: Libya
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Ливи (Livi)

• Navajo: Łíbya
• Norman: Libye f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Libya (no) n

• Occitan: Libia (oc) f
• Old Persian: 𐎱𐎢𐎫𐎠𐎹 (p-u-t-a-y /⁠Putāyaʰ⁠⁠/)
• Ossetian: Ливи (Livi)
• Pashto: ليبيا f (libyā)
• Persian:

  Dari: لِیبِیَا (lībiyā)

  Iranian Persian: لیبی (fa) (libi)

• Polish: Libia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Líbia (pt) f
• Romanian: Libia (ro) f
• Russian: Ли́вия (ru) f (Lívija)
• Samogitian: Lėbėjė, Libėjė
• Scots: Libie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ли̑бија f

  Roman: Lȋbija (sh) f

• Silesian: Libijo f
• Sinhalese: ලිබියාව (libiyāwa)
• Siwi: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: Líbya (sk) f
• Slovene: Líbija (sl) f
• Spanish: Libia (es)
• Swahili: Libya (sw)
• Swedish: Libyen (sv) n
• Tagalog: Libya
• Tajik: Либия (Libiya)
• Tamil: லிபியா (lipiyā)
• Tatar: Ливия (Liwiyä)
• Telugu: లిబియా (te) (libiyā)
• Thai: ลิเบีย (th) (lí-biia)
• Tigrinya: ሊቢያ (libiya)
• Turkish: Libya (tr)
• Turkmen: Liwiýa
• Ukrainian: Лі́вія (uk) (Lívija)
• Urdu: لِیبِیا m (lībiyā)
• Uyghur: لىۋىيە (liwiye)
• Uzbek: Liviya
• Vietnamese: Li-bi
• Volapük: Lübän (vo)
• Yakut: Лиибийэ (Liibiye)
• Yiddish: ליביע f (libye)
• Yoruba: Líbyà
• Zulu: ILibiya

See also

• Tripoli
• Appendix:Countries of the world

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republic of the Congo
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Western Sahara
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Anagrams

• Baily, Lybia, bialy

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Libya.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Libya (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Libya	—
genitive		Libyan	—
partitive		Libyaa	—
illative		Libyaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Libya	—
accusative	nom.	Libya	—
	gen.	Libyan
genitive		Libyan	—
partitive		Libyaa	—
inessive		Libyassa	—
elative		Libyasta	—
illative		Libyaan	—
adessive		Libyalla	—
ablative		Libyalta	—
allative		Libyalle	—
essive		Libyana	—
translative		Libyaksi	—
abessive		Libyatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Libya (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Libyani — accusative nom. Libyani — gen. Libyani genitive Libyani — partitive Libyaani — inessive Libyassani — elative Libyastani — illative Libyaani — adessive Libyallani — ablative Libyaltani — allative Libyalleni — essive Libyanani — translative Libyakseni — abessive Libyattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Libyasi — accusative nom. Libyasi — gen. Libyasi genitive Libyasi — partitive Libyaasi — inessive Libyassasi — elative Libyastasi — illative Libyaasi — adessive Libyallasi — ablative Libyaltasi — allative Libyallesi — essive Libyanasi — translative Libyaksesi — abessive Libyattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Libyamme — accusative nom. Libyamme — gen. Libyamme genitive Libyamme — partitive Libyaamme — inessive Libyassamme — elative Libyastamme — illative Libyaamme — adessive Libyallamme — ablative Libyaltamme — allative Libyallemme — essive Libyanamme — translative Libyaksemme — abessive Libyattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Libyanne — accusative nom. Libyanne — gen. Libyanne genitive Libyanne — partitive Libyaanne — inessive Libyassanne — elative Libyastanne — illative Libyaanne — adessive Libyallanne — ablative Libyaltanne — allative Libyallenne — essive Libyananne — translative Libyaksenne — abessive Libyattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Libyansa — accusative nom. Libyansa — gen. Libyansa genitive Libyansa — partitive Libyaansa — inessive Libyassaan Libyassansa — elative Libyastaan Libyastansa — illative Libyaansa — adessive Libyallaan Libyallansa — ablative Libyaltaan Libyaltansa — allative Libyalleen Libyallensa — essive Libyanaan Libyanansa — translative Libyakseen Libyaksensa — abessive Libyattaan Libyattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• libyalainen

compounds

• libyanhaisuhilleri
• libyanhyppymyyrä
• libyanjirdi
• libyansokkohiiri

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Libya, from Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlibja/ [ˈlip̚.ja]
• Rhymes: -ibja
• Syllabification: Lib‧ya

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Noun

Libya (plural Libya-Libya or para Libya)

1. Libyan

Adjective

Libya (comparative lebih Libya, superlative paling Libya)

1. Libyan

See also

countries in Africa: negara-negara di Afrika (appendix)edit

• Afrika Selatan
• Aljazair
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cad
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Khatulistiwa
• Guinea-Bissau
• Jibuti
• Kamerun
• Kenya
• Komoro
• Lesoto
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mesir
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Pantai Gading
• Republik Afrika Tengah
• Republik Demokratik Kongo
• Republik Kongo
• Rwanda
• Sao Tome dan Principe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Selatan
• Tanjung Verde
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• “Libya”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Alternative forms

• Libua
• Libyē

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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

Related terms

• libycus, Libycus
• Libys

Descendants

• → English: Libya
• Norman: Libye

References

• “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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Related terms

• libyer
• libysk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Related terms

• libyar
• libysk

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Derived terms

• Mlibya

See also

countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

• Afrika Kusini
• Algeria ~ Aljeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Chad ~ Chadi
• Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
• Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
• Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
• Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
• Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
• Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
• Jibuti ~ Djibouti
• Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
• Kenya
• Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaska, Bukini
• Malawi, Unyasa
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mayotte
• Misri, Umisri
• Morisi
• Moroko ~ Maroko
• Msumbiji, Mozambik
• Mtakatifu Helena
• Namibia
• Niger ~ Nijeri
• Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
• Rwanda ~ Ruanda
• Réunion
• Sahara ya Magharibi
• Sao Tome na Principe
• Senegal ~ Senegali
• Shelisheli
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Kusini
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Uswazi, Swaziland
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Libya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜌ)

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Anagrams

• libay, liyab

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Declension

Declension of Libya

	singular
nominative	Libya
accusative	Libya'yı
dative	Libya'ya
locative	Libya'da
ablative	Libya'dan
genitive	Libya'nın

Possessive forms of Libya

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Libya'm	Libyalarım Libya'larım
senin (your)	Libya'n	Libyaların Libya'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Libya'sı	Libyaları Libya'ları
bizim (our)	Libya'mız	Libyalarımız Libya'larımız
sizin (your)	Libya'nız	Libyalarınız Libya'larınız
onların (their)	Libya'sı Libyaları Libya'ları	Libyaları Libya'ları

Derived terms

• Libyalı

See also

countries in Africa: Afrika ülkeleri (appendix)edit

• Angola
• Batı Sahra
• Benin
• Botsvana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cezayir
• Cibuti
• Çad
• Ekvator Ginesi
• Eritre
• Esvatini
• Etiyopiya
• Fas
• Fildişi Sahili
• Gabon
• Gambiya
• Gana
• Gine
• Gine-Bissau
• Güney Afrika
• Güney Sudan
• Kamerun
• Kenya
• Komorlar
• Kongo Cumhuriyeti
• Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti
• Lesotho
• Liberya
• Libya
• Madagaskar
• Malavi
• Mali
• Mauritius
• Mısır
• Moritanya
• Mozambik
• Namibya
• Nijer
• Nijeria
• Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti
• Ruanda
• Senegal
• Seyşeller
• Sierra Leone
• Somali
• Sudan
• São Tomé ve Príncipe
• Tanzanya
• Togo
• Tunus
• Uganda
• Yeşil Burun
• Zambiya
• Zimbabve