Libyan

English

Etymology

Libya +‎ -an. English since the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lĭbʹē-ən, IPA^(key): /ˈlɪbi.ən/
• Hyphenation: Lib‧y‧an
• Rhymes: -ɪbiən

Adjective

Libyan (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.

Derived terms

• Libyanness
• Libyanize
• Libyanization

Translations

Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language

• Arabic: لِيبِيّ (lībiyy)
• Armenian: լիբիական (libiakan)
• Catalan: libi (ca)
• Czech: libyjský (cs)
• Danish: libysk (da)
• Esperanto: libia
• Finnish: libyalainen (fi)
• French: libyen (fr)
• German: libysch (de)
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• Italian: libico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: libysk

  Nynorsk: libysk (nn)

• Polish: libijski (pl)
• Portuguese: líbio (pt)
• Romanian: libian (ro)
• Russian: ливи́йский (ru) (livíjskij)
• Spanish: libio (es)
• Swahili: Kilibya

Noun

Libyan (plural Libyans)

1. A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.
2. The Libyan language, short for Libyan Arabic.

Translations

person

• Arabic: لِيبِيّ m (lībiyy), لِيبِيَّة f (lībiyya)
• Armenian: լիբիացի (libiacʻi)
• Catalan: libi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利比亚人, 利比亞人／利比亚人

• Czech: Libyjec m
• Danish: libyer (da) c
• Egyptian: (ṯmḥ)
• Finnish: libyalainen (fi)
• French: Libyen (fr) m, Libyenne (fr) f
• German: Libyer (de) m, Libyerin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: Λιβύς m (Libús)

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• Italian: libico (it) m, libica (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: libyer m

  Nynorsk: libyar (nn) m

• Polish: Libijczyk (pl) m, Libijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: líbio (pt) m
• Romanian: libian (ro) m, libiană (ro) f
• Russian: ливи́ец (ru) m (livíjec), ливи́йка (ru) f (livíjka)
• Spanish: libio (es) m
• Swahili: Mlibya (sw)
• Turkish: Libyalı (tr)

References

• “Libyan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Lybian, bainly, bylina