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Libyan
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English
Etymology
From en Libya -an. English since the 16th century.
Pronunciation
lĭbʹē-ən, en /ˈlɪbi.ən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Libyan.wav Southern England
en Lib y an
en ɪbiən 3
Adjective
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Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.
en More than 40,000 would-be migrants to Europe have been intercepted at sea since Italy began paying and equipping the Libyan coastguard to do so in 2017. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/13/have-lost-four-years-life-desperate-migrants-stuck-squalid-libyan/ 2020-02-13 Roland Oliphant Telegraph.co.uk The Telegraph 'I have lost four years of my life': the desperate migrants stuck in squalid Libyan camps https://web.archive.org/web/20241111041320/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/13/have-lost-four-years-life-desperate-migrants-stuck-squalid-libyan/ 11 November 2024
Derived terms
en Libyanness
en Libyanize
en Libyanization
Translations
Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language
Afrikaans: af Libies
Arabic: ar لِيبِيّ
Armenian: hy լիբիական
Asturian: ast libiu
Catalan: ca libi, ca líbic
Czech: cs libyjský
Danish: da libysk
Dutch: nl Libisch
Esperanto: eo libia
Finnish: fi libyalainen
French: fr libyen, fr libyque m f
Galician: gl libio
German: de libysch
Italian: it libico
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb libysk
Nynorsk: nn libysk
Polish: pl libijski
Portuguese: pt líbio
Romanian: ro libian
Russian: ru ливи́йский
Spanish: es libio
Swahili: sw Kilibya
Swedish: sv libysk
Noun
A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.
en Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat, and Camel Jeffrey Tayler 2005 No one in Faya forgets that French air force raids drove the Libyans out of Faya, prompting them to abandon their tanks with less than Gaddafian revolutionary zeal and hightail it back home on foot.
en Moni Basu Libyans face tough challenges in building a new nation w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2012/01/26/world/africa/libya-challenges 2012-01-26 Their frustration has surfaced in protests in several Libyan cities over the last few days, most notably in Benghazi, the seat of the revolution, where Libyans stormed the National Transitional Council building. https://web.archive.org/web/20211022174427/https://www.cnn.com/2012/01/26/world/africa/libya-challenges 22 October 2021
Translations
person
Afrikaans: af Libiër
Arabic: ar لِيبِيّ m, ar لِيبِيَّة f
Armenian: hy լիբիացի
Asturian: ast libiu m, ast libia f
Catalan: ca libi m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 利比亞人
Coptic: cop ⲫⲁⲓⲁⲧ
Czech: cs Libyjec m
Danish: da libyer c
Dutch: nl Libiër m, nl Libische f
Egyptian: ṯmḥ T-m-H-T14-A1
Finnish: fi libyalainen
French: fr Libyen m, fr Libyenne f
Galician: gl libio m
German: de Libyer m, de Libyerin f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Λιβύς m
Italian: it libico m, it libica f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb libyer m
Nynorsk: nn libyar m
Polish: pl Libijczyk m, pl Libijka f
Portuguese: pt líbio m
Romanian: ro libian m, ro libiană f
Russian: ru ливи́ец m, ru ливи́йка f
Spanish: es libio m
Swahili: sw Mlibya
Turkish: tr Libyalı
Ukrainian: uk ліві́єць m, uk ліві́йка f
Proper noun
The Libyan Arabic language.
References
Anagrams
en abilny Lybian bainly bylina
en Nationalities Libya
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
fi noun form
fi Libya gen s