Libya

[ lib-ee-uh ]

noun

1. Ancient Geography. the part of N Africa W of Egypt.
2. Italian Libia. a republic in N Africa between Tunisia and Egypt: formerly a monarchy 1951–69. 679,400 sq. mi. (1,759,646 sq. km). : Tripoli.

Libya

/ ˈlɪbɪə /

noun

1. a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: became an Italian colony in 1912; divided after World War II into Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (under British administration) and Fezzan (under French); gained independence in 1951; monarchy overthrown by a military junta led by Colonel Gaddafi in 1969; Gaddafi's authoritarian regime overthrown in 2011 following a popular uprising. It consists almost wholly of desert and is a major exporter of oil. Official language: Arabic. Official religion: (Sunni) Muslim. Currency: Libyan dinar. Capital: Tripoli. Pop: 6 002 347 (2013 est). Area: 1 760 000 sq km (680 000 sq miles) Official nameAl-Jumhuria al-Arabia al-Libya ash-Shabiya al-Ishtirakiya al-Uzma

Libya

1. Nation in northern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea , bordered by Egypt (see also Egypt ) to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. Its capital and largest city is Tripoli .

Notes

Under the leadership of Muammar Qaddafi , Libya pursued a policy of openly supporting and abetting terrorists around the world. This policy made Libya an outcast state with few friends outside the Arab world. Recently, Qaddafi has claimed that he now disavows terrorism .

Example Sentences

From Ethiopia to Myanmar, and Libya to Yemen, civil wars are tearing countries apart.

From Ozy

Omar Sacirbey recalled that his father had once told him how, in 1967, Libya had refused to extend his and his wife’s visas.

From Washington Post

Haftar’s offensive had united rival armed groups from across western Libya.

From Ozy

Second, it shows another crack in NATO’s façade as member state Turkey strikes out on its own, with its NATO partners divided over both Turkey’s actions and whom to support in Libya.

From Ozy

Libya last grabbed America’s imagination in 2011 during its civil war, which led to the death of Muammar Gaddafi.

From Ozy

The safety of American personnel at the American consulate in Libya was undermined by a “stand down order.”

From The Daily Beast

Maybe giving Deborah K. Jones, our Ambassador to Libya, a 9mm SIG Sauer and a pair of nunchucks.

From The Daily Beast

“The recruits will be returning to Libya in the coming days,” a spokesman said.

From The Daily Beast

“The influx is due to a number of factors, starting with the lack of control in Libya,” he said.

From The Daily Beast

Before Matthew VanDyke was a gun-toting rebel in Libya, he was just a 29-year-old with OCD, afraid of sugar.

From The Daily Beast

The broad river was left behind; they set their course toward the arid mountains of Libya.

From Project Gutenberg

First, the Egyptians must be named, Caucasian races not autochthonically at home in Libya.

From Project Gutenberg

Is there any thing more sparkish and better-humoured than Venus's accosting her son in the deserts of Libya?

From Project Gutenberg

Later expeditions explored the banks of the Nile as far south as the country of the Dwarfs, as well as the oases of Libya.

From Project Gutenberg

That cold which had made her shudder in the night by the sacred lake had been left in the desolation of Libya.

From Project Gutenberg