Libya - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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

• enPR: lĭbʹē-ə, IPA^(key): /ˈlɪbi.ə/
• Hyphenation: Lib‧ya
• Rhymes: -ɪbiə

Libya

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

• → Korean: 리비아 (Ribia)

• Tripoli
• Appendix:Countries of the world

• Baily, Lybia, bialy

From Latin Libya.

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

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

(compounds):

• Libua
• Libyē

Spelled Libua by Plautus, Libya in Pliny, Virgil and Cicero. Juvenal has Libyē.

From Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē).

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

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)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• libycus, Libycus
• Libys

• → English: Libya
• Norman: Libye

• “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.

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

• libyer
• libysk

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

• libyar
• libysk

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

• Mlibya

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlibja/ [ˈlib.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ibja
• Syllabification: Lib‧ya

Libya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜌ)

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

• libay, liyab

Libya

1. Libya (a country in North Africa)

• Libyalı