LibyaFromLatinLibya, fromAncient GreekΛιβύη(Libúē). Attested in English since the 16th century.
Libya
- Acountry inNorth Africa. Capital:Tripoli.
2012 April 18, David McKenzie, “Chad’s migrant workers pay price for Libya conflict”, inCNN[1]:He is one of the tens of thousands of Chadians who fled last year’s fighting inLibya and are now back in their homeland.
- (historical)Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.
country in Northern Africa
FromLatinLibya.
- IPA(key): /ˈlibyɑ/,[ˈlibyɑ̝]
- Rhymes:-ibyɑ
- Syllabification(key):Li‧by‧a
- Hyphenation(key):Li‧bya
Libya
- Libya (acountry inNorth Africa)
Learned borrowing fromLatinLibya, fromAncient GreekΛιβύη(Libúē).
Libya
- Libya (acountry inNorth Africa)
Libya (pluralLibya-Libyaorpara Libya)
- Libyan
Libya (comparativelebih Libya,superlativepaling Libya)
- Libyan
SpelledLibua by Plautus,Libya in Pliny, Virgil and Cicero. Juvenal hasLibyē.
FromAncient GreekΛιβύη(Libúē).
Libya f sg (genitiveLibyae);first declension
- (Old Latin, Classical Latin) theAfrican continent (chieflyNorth Africa, which was well-known to the Romans)
- (Late Latin) a region of North Africa, west ofEgypt, encompassing the regions ofMarmarica andCyrenaica
- (New Latin)Libya (acountry inNorth Africa)
First-declension noun, singular only.
- “Libya”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Libya”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Libya
- Libya (acountry inNorth Africa)
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- Libya (acountry inNorth Africa)
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- Libya (acountry inNorth Africa)
Borrowed fromEnglishLibya and/orSpanishLibia(“Libya”).
Libya (Baybayin spellingᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜌ)
- Libya (acountry inNorth Africa)
Libya
- Libya (acountry inNorth Africa)