Libya

English thumb|right|Libya Etymology From en la Libya, from en grc Λιβύη. Attested in English since the 16th century. Pronunciation lĭbʹē-ə, en /ˈlɪbi.ə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Libya.wav UK en En-us-Libya.ogg US en Li bya en ɪbiə 3 Proper noun en Q1016en country r/North Africa Tripoli. en David McKenzie Chad’s migrant workers pay price for Libya conflict w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/18/business/chad-libya-economy-oil 2012-04-18 He is one of the tens of thousands of Chadians who fled last year’s fighting in Libya and are now back in their homeland. https://web.archive.org/web/20260101082235/https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/18/business/chad-libya-economy-oil 1 January 2026 en historical Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity. Derived terms en Libyan Kingdom of Libya State of Libya Descendants ko ^리비아 1 Translations Q1016 country in Northern Africa Afrikaans: af Libië Akan: ak Libia Albanian: sq Libi f, sq Libia f definite Amharic: am ሊቢያ Arabic: ar لِيبِيَا f, ar لُوبِيَا archaic Libyan Arabic: ayl ليبيا Lībya Aramaic: arc ܠܘܒܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܠܹܘܒ݂ܹܐ liuwe Armenian: hy Լիբիա Asturian: ast Libia f Azerbaijani: az Liviya Belarusian: be Лі́вія f Bengali: bn লিবিয়া Breton: br Libia Bulgarian: bg Ли́бия f Burmese: my လစ်ဗျား Catalan: ca Líbia f Central Atlas Tamazight: tzm ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ Chechen: ce Ливи Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 利比亞 Lìbǐyà Coptic: cop ⲗⲩⲃⲏ f Crimean Tatar: crh Libiya Czech: cs Libye f Danish: da Libyen n Dhivehi: dv ލީބިޔާ Domari: rmt Dutch: nl Libië n Esperanto: eo Libio Estonian: et Liibüa Farefare: gur Libia Faroese: fo Libya Finnish: fi Libya French: fr Libye f Middle French: frm Lybie f Galician: gl Libia f Georgian: ka ლიბია German: de Libyen n Greek: el Λιβύη f Ancient Greek: grc Λιβύη f Hausa: ha Libya Hebrew: he לוּב m luv Hindi: hi लीबिया m Hungarian: hu Líbia Icelandic: is Líbía f Indonesian: id Libya Interlingua: ia Libya Irish: ga Libia f an Libia Italian: it Libia f Japanese: ja リビア Ribia Kalenjin: kln Libya Kamba: kam Libya Kannada: kn ಲಿಬಿಯಾ Kazakh: kk Либия, kk Ливия Khmer: km លីប៊ី Kikuyu: ki Libia Korean: ko ^리비아 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Lîbya Kyrgyz: ky Ливия Lao: lo ລີບີ, lo ລີເບຍ Latvian: lv Lībija f Lithuanian: lt Libija f Luo: luo Libya Macedonian: mk Ли́бија f Malay: ms Libya Malayalam: ml ലിബിയ Maltese: mt Libja f Il-Libja Manchu: mnc ᠯᡳᠪᡳᠶᠠ Māori: mi Rīpia Marathi: mr लिबिया Meru: mer Libya Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Ливи Navajo: nv Łíbya Norman: nrf Libye f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Libya n Occitan: oc Libia f Ossetian: os Ливи Pashto: ps ليبيا f libyā Persian: Dari: prs لِیبِیَا Iranian Persian: fa-ira لیبی Old Persian: peo 𐎱𐎢𐎫𐎠𐎹 Putāyaʰ⁠ Polish: pl Libia f Portuguese: pt Líbia f Romanian: ro Libia f Russian: ru Ли́вия f Samogitian: sgs Lėbėjė, sgs Libėjė Scots: sco Libie Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ли̑бија f Latin: sh Lȋbija f Silesian: szl Libijo f Sinhalese: si ලිබියාව Siwi: siz Slovak: sk Líbya f Slovene: sl Líbija f Spanish: es Libia Swahili: sw Libya Swedish: sv Libyen n Tagalog: tl Libya Tajik: tg Либия Tamil: ta லிபியா Tatar: tt Ливия Telugu: te లిబియా Thai: th ลิเบีย Tigrinya: ti ሊቢያ Turkish: tr Libya Ottoman Turkish: ota لیبیا libya Turkmen: tk Liwiýa Ukrainian: uk Лі́вія Urdu: ur لِیبِیا m Uyghur: ug لىۋىيە Uzbek: uz Liviya Vietnamese: vi Li-bi Volapük: vo Lübän Yakut: sah Лиибийэ Yiddish: yi ליביע f Yoruba: yo Líbyà Zulu: zu ILibiya See also en Tripoli Appendix:Countries of the world Anagrams en abily Baily Lybia bialy Finnish fi: Etymology From fi la Libya. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Libya Q1016 Declension sg Liby a Derived terms fi libyalainen fi compounds libyanhaisuhilleri libyanhyppymyyrä libyanjirdi libyansokkohiiri Indonesian id: Etymology id la Libya, from id grc Λιβύη. Pronunciation Proper noun id Libya Q1016 Noun a Libyan Adjective Libyan See also Further reading Latin Alternative forms la Libua la Libyē Spelled Libua by Plautus, Libya in Pliny, Virgil and Cicero. Juvenal has Libyē. Etymology la Libya :der grc:Λιβύη + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun Libya<1> la Old Latin Classical Latin the African continent (chiefly North Africa, which was well-known to the Romans) la Late Latin a region of North Africa, west of Egypt, encompassing the regions of la Marmarica and la Cyrenaica la New Latin la Libya Q1016 Declension Libya<1> Related terms la libycus, la Libycus la Libys Descendants en Libya 1 nrf Libye References Malay ms: Etymology ms la Libya, from ms grc Λιβύη. Pronunciation Proper noun ليبيا ms Libya Q1016 Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The flag of Libya. thumb|Libya in Africa. thumb|The ruins of Leptis Magna in Libya. Etymology nb, based on nb la Libya, from nb grc Λιβύη. The Ancient Greek name is based on the ethnonym of the Libu, a North African people whose name is attested in Egyptian as egy rbw Libu; Libya and later in Punic as xpu 𐤋𐤁𐤉. The immediate transmission route into Norwegian is nb 1 1. In ancient Greek geography, the name originally referred to the land west of the Nile and was later extended to Africa as a whole. The modern state name revives this ancient geographical name; Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan were brought together under Italian colonial administration under the name Libya. Parallel international adaptations include nn Libya, da Libyen, sv Libyen, de Libyen, nl Libië, fr Libye and en Libya. Pronunciation nb /¹ˈliː.bʏ.a/ [ˈlìː.bʏ.a] nb iːbʏa 3 nb Li by a Proper noun nb proper noun Libya; nb country r/North Africa cont/Africa, on the Mediterranean Sea, with Tripoli as its capital. nb Store deler av Libya består av ørken. Large parts of Libya consist of desert. nb 25 June 2026 Dag Leraand Libya Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Libya Libya er en republikk i Nord-Afrika. Libya is a republic in North Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20251223020107/https://snl.no/Libya 23 December 2025 nb historical Libya; Africa, especially the region west of the Nile, as named in ancient Greek geography; see no Oldtidens Libya. nb I oldtidsgresk geografi kunne Libya betegne hele Afrika. In ancient Greek geography, Libya could denote the whole of Africa. nb 26 November 2024 Dag Leraand Libya (oldtidsgresk navn på Afrika) Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Libya_-_oldtidsgresk_navn_p%C3%A5_Afrika Libya, eller Libye, var navnet som oldtidens grekere brukte på Afrika. Libya, or Libye, was the name used by the ancient Greeks for Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20241207003913/https://snl.no/Libya_-_oldtidsgresk_navn_p%C3%A5_Afrika 7 December 2024 Usage notes The official Norwegian long-form name of the modern country is Staten Libya (“the State of Libya”). The historical sense originally referred more narrowly to the land west of the Nile before being extended to Africa more generally. Derived terms nb libyer a Libyan nb libysk Libyan See also References “Libya” in Store norske leksikon. “Libya (oldtidsgresk navn på Afrika)” in Store norske leksikon. “Navn på stater” at Språkrådet. “Historiske navn” at Språkrådet. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Libya Q1016 Related terms nn libyar nn libysk Swahili Pronunciation sw Sw-ke-Libya.flac Kenya Proper noun sw proper noun sw Libya Q1016 Derived terms sw Mlibya See also Tagalog Etymology tl :bor es:Libia + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun + tl Libya Q1016 Anagrams tl abily libay liyab Turkish Etymology tr ota لیبیا libya, from tr ar لِيبِيَا, ultimately from tr grc Λῐβῠ́η. Pronunciation tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Libya.wav Proper noun tr Libya Q1016 Declension Libya Libya'yı Libya'ya Libya'da Libya'dan Libya'nın Derived terms tr Libyalı See also