Libya
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- proper noun
- /ˈlɪbiə/
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Libia
- Reports were rife that Libya had provided massive military support to the new regime.
- Libya and Syria
- Libya and Iran
- Qaddafi's Libya
Arms have spilled out of Libya, helping destabilize the region.
- Arms have spilled out of Libya, helping destabilize the region.
- Hamas had a representative sent from Gaza to Libya and his name was Marwan Oshkar.
- Why do we have NATO troops in Syria or in Iraq or in Libya or in the Sahel?
- They sent troops to Afghanistan, to the Balkans, to Libya.
- And in some places, like Iraq or Libya, they're able to take up arms to resist this effort.
- Like I said, mistakes were made in Syria, Iraq and Libya.
- I would say it's pretty preposterous to suggest that Libya would now be a peaceful and happy place.
- And every time the Council was referred to as that discredited institution once chaired by Libya.
- I mean, Iraq, Syria, you know, Libya, it's just been disastrous, you know, for, for the people there and for us.
- You'll have seen in accounts of post Gaddafi Libya, for example, the cliche and probably accurate is there is no tradition of government.
Examples
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The recent political changes in Libya have drawn international attention.
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First of all, the failed state in Libya created a massive arms bazaar.
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We thought, OK, we're going to Libya now we can just stay here for as long as we can and recover.
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Yet, President Obama says that success in Libya is necessary to protect global peace and security.
Academic text (2011) -
Is it so unusual for Libya to have a reaction when these things happen?
Academic text (1999) -
We remember the countries in North Africa where the Arab Spring happened: Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt.
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Arms have spilled out of Libya, helping destabilize the region.
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Surely, with all the riches Libya derives from oil, there are vast resources here!
Fiction book (2002) -
The 1986 U.S. bombing attack on Libya was effective in forcing Qaddafi to back away from terrorism.
Academic text (1990) -
I would love to explore the ancient ruins in Libya during my next trip.
Synonyms
The official name of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi from 1977 to 2011
Compounds
A Libyan armed Islamist group formed in 1995 that supported al-Qaeda and tried to kill Muammar Qaddafi
Surface Forms
Etymology
Libya comes from an old Greek place name Libúē that people used long ago for the 'land' of North Africa just west of Egypt. So the modern country Libya keeps that ancient name for the area along the Mediterranean coast.