Libya

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪbiə/

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• Rhymes: -ɪbiə

Proper noun

Libya

1. A country in North Africa

Derived terms

• Libyan

Translations

country in Northern Africa

• Afrikaans: Libië
• Albanian: Libi f
• Amharic: ሊቢያ ‎(libiya)
• Arabic: لِيبِيَا (ar) f ‎(lībiyā)
• Aramaic: ܠܘܒܐ
• Armenian: Լիբիա ‎(Libia)
• Asturian: Libia (ast) f
• Azeri: Liviya (az)
• Belarusian: Лі́вія f ‎(Lívija)
• Breton: Libia
• Bulgarian: Ли́бия f ‎(Líbija)
• Burmese: လစ်ဗျားနိုင်ငံ ‎(lacbya:nuingngam)
• Catalan: Líbia (ca) f
• Chechen: Ливи ‎(Liwi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利比亞, 利比亚 (zh) ‎(Lìbǐyà)

• Czech: Libye (cs) f
• Danish: Libyen (da)
• Dhivehi: ލީބިޔާ ‎(lībiyā)
• Dutch: Libië (nl)
• Esperanto: Libio
• Estonian: Liibüa (et)
• Faroese: Libya
• Finnish: Libya (fi)
• French: Libye (fr) f

  Middle French: Lybie f

• Galician: Libia (gl) f
• Georgian: ლიბია ‎(libia)
• German: Libyen (de) n
• Greek: Λιβύη (el) f ‎(Livýi)
• Hausa: Libya
• Hebrew: לוּב m ‎(Lúv)
• Hindi: लीबिया (hi) m ‎(lībiyā)
• Hungarian: Líbia (hu)
• Icelandic: Líbía f
• Interlingua: Libya
• Irish: an Libia f
• Italian: Libia (it) f
• Japanese: リビア (ja) ‎(Ribia)
• Norman: Libye f
• Kalenjin: Libya
• Kamba: Libya
• Kannada: ಲಿಬಿಯಾ ‎(libiyā)
• Kazakh: Ливия ‎(Lïvïya)
• Khmer: ប្រទេសលីប៊ី ‎(prɑteih libii), លីប៊ី ‎(libii)
• Kikuyu: Libia
• Korean: 리비아 (ko) ‎(Ribia)

• Kyrgyz: Ливия ‎(Liviya)
• Lao: ລີເບຍ ‎(lī bīa)
• Latvian: Lībija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Libija (lt) f
• Luo: Libya
• Macedonian: Ли́бија (mk) f ‎(Líbija)
• Malayalam: ലിബിയ ‎(libiya)
• Marathi: लिबिया ‎(libiyā)
• Meru: Libya
• Mongolian: Ливи ‎(Livi)
• Navajo: Łíbya
• Norwegian: Libya (no)
• Occitan: Libia (oc) f
• Ossetian: Ливи ‎(Livi)
• Persian: لیبی (fa) ‎(Libi)
• Polish: Libia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Líbia (pt) f
• Romanian: Libia f
• Russian: Ли́вия (ru) f ‎(Lívija)
• Samogitian: Lėbėjė, Libėjė
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Либија f

  Roman: Libija (sh) f

• Silesian: Libijo
• Slovak: Líbya f
• Slovene: Líbija f
• Spanish: Libia (es)
• Swahili: Libya (sw)
• Swedish: Libyen (sv)
• Tajik: Либия ‎(Libiya)
• Tamil: லிபியா ‎(lipiyā)
• Tatar: Ливия ‎(Liwiya)
• Telugu: లిబియా (te) ‎(libiyā)
• Thai: ลิเบีย (th) ‎(Libiya)
• Tigrinya: ሊቢያ ‎(libiya)
• Turkish: Libya (tr)
• Turkmen: Liwiýa
• Ukrainian: Лі́вія (uk) ‎(Lívija)
• Urdu: لیبیا m ‎(lībiyā)
• Uyghur: لىۋىيە ‎(liwiye)
• Uzbek: Liviya (uz)
• Volapük: Lübän (vo)
• Yakut: Лиибийэ ‎(Liibiye)
• Yiddish: ליביע ‎(libye)
• Yoruba: Líbyà
• Zulu: ILibiya

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

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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Libyatta	—
comitative		—	—

Derived terms

• libyalainen

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Latin

Etymology

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

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Proper noun

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

1. Africa, i.e. the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.
2. (New Latin) Libya (modern country in North Africa)

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

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

Related terms

• Libycus
• Libys

Descendants

• English: Libya
• Norman: Libye

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya

Related terms

• libyar (Nynorsk)
• libyer (Bokmål)
• libysk (Bokmål), libysk (Nynorsk)

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Turkish

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya

Derived terms

• Libyalı