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Libya

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈlɪbi.ə//

A country in North Africa. Capital: Tripoli.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A country in North Africa. Capital: Tripoli.

    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.

  2. 2

    historicalAfrica; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

Etymology

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

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).