Libya
English
Etymology
Via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Libya, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē). English since the 16th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Libya
- A country in North Africa.
- (historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.
Derived terms
Translations
country in Northern Africa
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See also
- Tripoli
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, 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 (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
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Finnish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Libya
Declension
Inflection of Libya (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
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Derived terms
Latin
Alternative forms
Spelled Libua by Plautus, Libya in Pliny, Virgil and Cicero. Juvenal has Libyē.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈli.by.a/, [ˈlʲɪbyä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.bi.a/, [ˈliːbiä]
Proper noun
Libya f sg (genitive Libyae); first declension
- Africa, i.e. the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.
- (New Latin) Libya (modern country in North Africa)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Libya |
Genitive | Libyae |
Dative | Libyae |
Accusative | Libyam |
Ablative | Libyā |
Vocative | Libya |
Related terms
Descendants
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
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Libya
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Swahili
Proper noun
Libya
Derived terms
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Tagalog
Etymology
From English Libya and/or Spanish Libia (“Libya”).
Proper noun
Libya
Turkish
Proper noun
Libya
Derived terms
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