ليبيا
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liː.bi.jaː/
Proper noun
لِيبِيَا • (lībiyā) f
- Libya (a country in North Africa)
- Synonym: (archaic) لُوبِيَا (lūbiyā)
- 11th century CE, Al-Bakrī, كتاب المسالك والممالك, volume 2, Beirut: دار الغرب الإسلامي, published 1992, page 671:
- وقد زعموا أنّ اسم إفريقية ليبية فسمّيت ببنت يافوه بن يونش الّذي بنى مدينة منفيش بمصر،...
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Derived terms
- لِيبِيّ (lībiyy)
Further reading
- ليبيا on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
Libyan Arabic
Etymology
From a generalized identity given to a large confederacy of ancient east "Libyan" berbers, African people(s) and tribes who lived around the lush regions of Cyrenaica and Marmarica.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
ليبيا (Lībya) f
- Libya (a country in North Africa)
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic لِيبِيَا (lībiyā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liːb.ja/
Proper noun
ليبيا • (lībya) f
- Libya (a country in North Africa)
Derived terms
- ليبي (lībi)