"Libyan" meaning in English

See Libyan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɪbi.ən/
enPR: lĭbʹē-ən Rhymes: -ɪbiən Etymology: Libya + -an. English since the 16th century. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Libya|an}} Libya + -an Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Libyan (not comparable)
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Libya. Tags: not-comparable Categories (place): Libya Derived forms: Libyanness, Libyanize, Libyanization Translations (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language): Libies (Afrikaans), لِيبِيّ (lībiyy) (Arabic), լիբիական (libiakan) (Armenian), libi (Catalan), libyjský (Czech), libysk (Danish), Libisch (Dutch), libia (Esperanto), libyalainen (Finnish), libyen (French), libyque [feminine, masculine] (French), libio (Galician), libysch (German), libico (Italian), libysk (Norwegian Bokmål), libysk (Norwegian Nynorsk), libijski (Polish), líbio (Portuguese), libian (Romanian), ливи́йский (livíjskij) (Russian), libio (Spanish), Kilibya (Swahili), libysk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Libyan-en-adj-HDtSFlKy Disambiguation of Libya: 44 5 51

Proper name

IPA: /ˈlɪbi.ən/
enPR: lĭbʹē-ən Rhymes: -ɪbiən Etymology: Libya + -an. English since the 16th century. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Libya|an}} Libya + -an Head templates: {{en-prop}} Libyan
  1. The Libyan Arabic language. Categories (topical): Nationalities
    Sense id: en-Libyan-en-name-iYq7J9Ia Disambiguation of Nationalities: 8 68 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -an Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 86 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 72 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 17 78 5

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪbi.ən/ Forms: Libyans [plural]
enPR: lĭbʹē-ən Rhymes: -ɪbiən Etymology: Libya + -an. English since the 16th century. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Libya|an}} Libya + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} Libyan (plural Libyans)
  1. A person from Libya or of Libyan descent. Categories (place): Libya Translations (person): Libiër (Afrikaans), Λιβύς (Libús) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), لِيبِيّ (lībiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), لِيبِيَّة (lībiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), լիբիացի (libiacʻi) (Armenian), libi [masculine] (Catalan), 利比亚人 (Chinese Mandarin), 利比亞人 (Chinese Mandarin), ⲫⲁⲓⲁⲧ (phaiat) (Coptic), Libyjec [masculine] (Czech), libyer [common-gender] (Danish), Libiër [masculine] (Dutch), Libische [feminine] (Dutch), T-m-H-T14-A1 (ṯmḥ) (Egyptian), libyalainen (Finnish), Libyen [masculine] (French), Libyenne [feminine] (French), libio [masculine] (Galician), Libyer [masculine] (German), Libyerin [feminine] (German), libico [masculine] (Italian), libica [feminine] (Italian), libyer [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), libyar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Libijczyk [masculine] (Polish), Libijka [feminine] (Polish), líbio [masculine] (Portuguese), libian [masculine] (Romanian), libiană [feminine] (Romanian), ливи́ец (livíjec) [masculine] (Russian), ливи́йка (livíjka) [feminine] (Russian), libio [masculine] (Spanish), Mlibya (Swahili), Libyalı (Turkish), ліві́єць (livíjecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ліві́йка (livíjka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Libyan-en-noun-yN284y~j Disambiguation of Libya: 44 5 51

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for Libyan meaning in English (9.9kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Libya",
        "3": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "Libya + -an",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Libya + -an. English since the 16th century.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Libyan (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Lib‧y‧an"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 5 51",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Libya",
          "orig": "en:Libya",
          "parents": [
            "Africa",
            "Earth",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Libyanness"
        },
        {
          "word": "Libyanize"
        },
        {
          "word": "Libyanization"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya."
      ],
      "id": "en-Libyan-en-adj-HDtSFlKy",
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "Libies"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "lībiyy",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "لِيبِيّ"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "libiakan",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "լիբիական"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libi"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libyjský"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libysk"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "Libisch"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libia"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libyalainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libyen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "libyque"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libio"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libysch"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libico"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libysk"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libysk"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libijski"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "líbio"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libian"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "livíjskij",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "ливи́йский"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libio"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "Kilibya"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
          "word": "libysk"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɪbi.ən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪbiən"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lĭbʹē-ən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Libyan"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Libya",
        "3": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "Libya + -an",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Libya + -an. English since the 16th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Libyans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Libyan (plural Libyans)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Lib‧y‧an"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 5 51",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Libya",
          "orig": "en:Libya",
          "parents": [
            "Africa",
            "Earth",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person from Libya or of Libyan descent."
      ],
      "id": "en-Libyan-en-noun-yN284y~j",
      "links": [
        [
          "Libya",
          "Libya"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "person",
          "word": "Libiër"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "lībiyy",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "لِيبِيّ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "lībiyya",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "لِيبِيَّة"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "libiacʻi",
          "sense": "person",
          "word": "լիբիացի"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "libi"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "person",
          "word": "利比亚人"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "person",
          "word": "利比亞人"
        },
        {
          "code": "cop",
          "lang": "Coptic",
          "roman": "phaiat",
          "sense": "person",
          "word": "ⲫⲁⲓⲁⲧ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Libyjec"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "libyer"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Libiër"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Libische"
        },
        {
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "ṯmḥ",
          "sense": "person",
          "word": "T-m-H-T14-A1"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person",
          "word": "libyalainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Libyen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Libyenne"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "libio"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Libyer"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Libyerin"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "Libús",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Λιβύς"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "libico"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "libica"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "libyer"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "libyar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Libijczyk"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Libijka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "líbio"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "libian"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "libiană"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "livíjec",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ливи́ец"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "livíjka",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ливи́йка"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "libio"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "person",
          "word": "Mlibya"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "person",
          "word": "Libyalı"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "livíjecʹ",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ліві́єць"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "livíjka",
          "sense": "person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ліві́йка"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɪbi.ən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪbiən"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lĭbʹē-ən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Libyan"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Libya",
        "3": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "Libya + -an",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Libya + -an. English since the 16th century.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Libyan",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Lib‧y‧an"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 86 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 72 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 78 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -an",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 68 25",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nationalities",
          "orig": "en:Nationalities",
          "parents": [
            "Demonyms",
            "People",
            "Names",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Libyan Arabic language."
      ],
      "id": "en-Libyan-en-name-iYq7J9Ia",
      "links": [
        [
          "Libyan Arabic",
          "Libyan Arabic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɪbi.ən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪbiən"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lĭbʹē-ən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Libyan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -an",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪbiən",
    "en:Libya",
    "en:Nationalities"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Libyanness"
    },
    {
      "word": "Libyanize"
    },
    {
      "word": "Libyanization"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Libya",
        "3": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "Libya + -an",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Libya + -an. English since the 16th century.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Libyan (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Lib‧y‧an"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɪbi.ən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪbiən"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lĭbʹē-ən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "Libies"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lībiyy",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "لِيبِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "libiakan",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "լիբիական"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libyjský"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libysk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "Libisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libyalainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libyen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libyque"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libysch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libico"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libysk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libysk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libijski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "líbio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "livíjskij",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "ливи́йский"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "Kilibya"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language",
      "word": "libysk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Libyan"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -an",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪbiən",
    "en:Libya",
    "en:Nationalities"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Libya",
        "3": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "Libya + -an",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Libya + -an. English since the 16th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Libyans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Libyan (plural Libyans)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Lib‧y‧an"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person from Libya or of Libyan descent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Libya",
          "Libya"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɪbi.ən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪbiən"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lĭbʹē-ən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "Libiër"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lībiyy",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لِيبِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lībiyya",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "لِيبِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "libiacʻi",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "լիբիացի"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "利比亚人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "利比亞人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "利比亚人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "phaiat",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "ⲫⲁⲓⲁⲧ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Libyjec"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "libyer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Libiër"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Libische"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "ṯmḥ",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "T-m-H-T14-A1"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "libyalainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Libyen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Libyenne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Libyer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Libyerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Libús",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Λιβύς"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libica"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libyer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libyar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Libijczyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Libijka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "líbio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libiană"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "livíjec",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ливи́ец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "livíjka",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ливи́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "Mlibya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "Libyalı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "livíjecʹ",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ліві́єць"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "livíjka",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ліві́йка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Libyan"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -an",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪbiən",
    "en:Libya",
    "en:Nationalities"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Libya",
        "3": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "Libya + -an",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Libya + -an. English since the 16th century.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Libyan",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Lib‧y‧an"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The Libyan Arabic language."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Libyan Arabic",
          "Libyan Arabic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɪbi.ən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪbiən"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lĭbʹē-ən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Libyan"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (ae36afe and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.