Libya

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: lĭbʹē-ə, IPA^(key): /ˈlɪbi.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: Lib‧ya
• Rhymes: -ɪbiə

Proper noun

Libya

2. A country in North Africa. Capital: Tripoli.
3. (historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

Anagrams

• Baily, Lybia, bialy

Etymology

From Latin Libya.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

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): /ˈli.by.a/, [ˈlʲɪbyä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.bi.a/, [ˈliːbiä]

Proper noun

Libya f sg (genitive Libyae); first declension

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

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.

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

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]}

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; 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, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve ^{(Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]}