Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to Libya or its people, language, or culture.
  • noun A native or inhabitant of Libya.
  • noun A person of Libyan ancestry.
  • noun A Berber language of ancient northern Africa.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to Libya.
  • Belonging to or concerning a branch of the Hamitic family of languages found in and about ancient Libya. Also called Berber.
  • noun A member of the primitive race inhabiting ancient Libya; a Berber.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the country Libya or its inhabitants.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Libya
  • noun A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.
  • noun The Libyan language, short for Libyan Arabic

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to Libya or its people
  • noun a native or inhabitant of Libya

Etymologies

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Libya +‎ -an. English since the 16th century.

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Examples

  • SULTAN ALASHGER, LIBYAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: I think the Libyan -- the American companies, of course, when they start coming to the Libyan market they will face the foreign companies that already exist in the Libyan market.

    CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2004 2004

  • Photographers were invited to the podium to snap "the Brother leader," the title Libyan media prefers.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • Photographers were invited to the podium to snap "the Brother leader," the title Libyan media prefers.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • Photographers were invited to the podium to snap "the Brother leader," the title Libyan media prefers.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • Concern over extremistsSome observers fear that what they call the Libyan revolution could be hijacked by Islamist extremists.

    Libyan Opposition Seeks to Build Self-Styled Government 2011

  • Concern over extremistsSome observers fear that what they call the Libyan revolution could be hijacked by Islamist extremists.

    Libyan Opposition Seeks to Build Self-Styled Government 2011

  • I am constantly reading Libyan bloggers writing about how EASY my life as a foreigner married to a Libyan is here in Libya.

    Global Voices in English » Libya: Women, Writers and Artists 2009

  • Obama Praises Libya's Post-Qaddafi Leaders at U.N. President Obama met Libya's transitional leader for the first time on Tuesday, and extolled what he called the Libyan people's successful struggle to depose Col.

    NYT > Home Page By HELENE COOPER 2011

  • President Ronald Reagan said it was in retaliation for what he called Libyan complicity in the bombing of a Berlin night club.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • NYDN President Obama met Libya's transitional leader for the first time today , and extolled what he called the Libyan people's successful struggle to depose Col.

    NY Daily News 2011

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