Libya

Libya

English

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

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

Derived terms

• Libyan

Descendants

• → Korean: 리비아 (ribia)

Translations

country in Northern Africa

Afrikaans: Libië Akan: Libia Albanian: Libi f Amharic: ሊቢያ (libiya) Arabic: لِيبِيَا‎ (ar) f (lībiyā), لُوبِيَا‎ (lūbiyā) (archaic) Aramaic: ܠܘܒܐ‎ (ܠܘܒܐ) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܹܘܒ݂ܹܐ‎ (liuwe) Armenian: Լիբիա (hy) (Libia) Asturian: Libia (ast) f Azerbaijani: Liviya (az) Belarusian: Лі́вія f (Lívija) Bengali: লিবিয়া (bn) (libiya) Breton: Libia (br) Bulgarian: Ли́бия f (Líbija) Burmese: လစ်ဗျား (lacbya:) Catalan: Líbia (ca) f Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ (libya) Chechen: Ливи (Livi) Chinese: Mandarin: 利比亞／利比亚 (zh) (Lìbǐyà) Coptic: ⲗⲩⲃⲏ f (lubē) Crimean Tatar: Libiya Czech: Libye (cs) f Danish: Libyen (da) Dhivehi: ލީބިޔާ‎ (lībiyā) Domari: please add this translation if you can Dutch: Libië (nl) n Esperanto: Libio (eo) Estonian: Liibüa (et) Farefare: Libia Faroese: Libya Finnish: Libya (fi) French: Libye (fr) f Middle French: Lybie f Galician: Libia (gl) f Georgian: ლიბია (ka) (libia) German: Libyen (de) n Greek: Λιβύη (el) f (Livýi) Ancient: Λιβύη f (Libúē) Hausa: Libya Hebrew: לוּב‎ m (luv) Hindi: लीबिया (hi) m (lībiyā) Hungarian: Líbia (hu) Icelandic: Líbía f Indonesian: Libya (id) Interlingua: Libya Irish: an Libia f Italian: Libia (it) f Japanese: リビア (ja) (Ribia) Kalenjin: Libya Kamba: Libya Kannada: ಲಿಬಿಯಾ (libiyā) Kazakh: Либия (Libiä), Ливия (Liviä) Khmer: លីប៊ី (km) (liibii) Kikuyu: Libia Korean: 리비아 (ko) (Ribia) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Lîbya (ku) Kyrgyz: Ливия (Liviya) Lao: ລີເບຍ (lī bīa) Latvian: Lībija (lv) f Lithuanian: Libija (lt) f Luo: Libya Macedonian: Ли́бија (mk) f (Líbija) Malay: Libya Malayalam: ലിബിയ (libiya) Maltese: Il-Libja f Maori: Rīpia Marathi: लिबिया (libiyā) Meru: Libya Mongolian: Ливи (Livi) Navajo: Łíbya Norman: Libye f Norwegian: Libya (no) Occitan: Libia (oc) f Old Persian: 𐎱𐎢𐎫𐎠𐎹𐎠 (p-u-t-a-y-a /Putāya/) Ossetian: Ливи (Livi) Pashto: لېبيا‎ Persian: لیبی‎ (fa) (libi) Polish: Libia (pl) f Portuguese: Líbia (pt) f Romanian: Libia (ro) f Russian: Ли́вия (ru) f (Lívija) Samogitian: Lėbėjė, Libėjė Scots: Libie Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Либија f Roman: Libija (sh) f Silesian: Libijo Sinhalese: ලිබියාව (libiyāwa) Siwi: please add this translation if you can Slovak: Líbya (sk) f Slovene: Líbija (sl) f Spanish: Libia (es) Swahili: Libya (sw) Swedish: Libyen (sv) Tagalog: Libya Tajik: Либия (Libiya) Tamil: லிபியா (lipiyā) Tatar: Ливия (Liwiya) Telugu: లిబియా (te) (libiyā) Thai: ลิเบีย (th) (lí-biia) Tigrinya: ሊቢያ (libiya) Turkish: Libya (tr) Turkmen: Liwiýa Ukrainian: Лі́вія (uk) (Lívija) Urdu: لیبیا‎ m (lībiyā) Uyghur: لىۋىيە‎ (liwiye) Uzbek: Liviya Vietnamese: Li-bi Volapük: Lübän (vo) Yakut: Лиибийэ (Liibiye) Yiddish: ליביע‎ (libye) Yoruba: Líbyà Zulu: ILibiya

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]}

Anagrams

• Baily, Lybia, bialy

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Libya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlibyɑ/, [ˈlibyɑ]
• Rhymes: -ibyɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Li‧by‧a

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		—	—

Possessive forms of Libya (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Libyani	Libyamme
2nd person	Libyasi	Libyanne
3rd person	Libyansa

Derived terms

• libyalainen

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Latin

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) IPA^(key): /ˈli.by.a/, [ˈlʲɪbyä]
• (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 (modern country in North Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Libya
Genitive	Libyae
Dative	Libyae
Accusative	Libyam
Ablative	Libyā
Vocative	Libya

Related terms

• libycus, Libycus
• Libys

Descendants

• → English: Libya
• Norman: Libye

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya

Related terms

• libyer
• libysk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya

Related terms

• libyar
• libysk

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya

Derived terms

• Mlibya

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]}

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Tagalog

Etymology

From English Libya and/or Spanish Libia (“Libya”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Lib‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈlibja/, [ˈlib.jɐ]

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

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Turkish

Proper noun

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

Declension

declension of Libya

	singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz)
nominative (yalın)	Libya
accusative (belirtme)	Libya'yı
dative (yönelme)	Libya'ya
locative (bulunma)	Libya'da
ablative (çıkma)	Libya'dan
genitive (tamlayan)	Libya'nın

    possessive of Libya

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Libya'm	Libyalarım / Libya'larım
senin (your)	Libya'n	Libyaların / Libya'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Libya'sı	Libyaları / Libya'ları
bizim (our)	Libya'mız	Libyalarımız / Libya'larımız
sizin (your)	Libya'nız	Libyalarınız / Libya'larınız
onların (their)	Libya'sı / Libyaları / Libya'ları	Libyaları / Libya'ları

Derived terms

• Libyalı

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]}