Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- proper noun
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Jamahiriya Árabe Socialista del Pueblo Libio
- The official name Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was used during Gaddafi's regime from 1977 to 2011.
Examples
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The Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was established in 1977.
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Many legal documents from the period refer to Libya as the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
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After the fall of Gaddafi, the country ceased to be called the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
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During its time, the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya focused on social welfare.
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The official name Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was used during Gaddafi's regime from 1977 to 2011.
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Many legal documents from the period refer to Libya as the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
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After the fall of Gaddafi, the country ceased to be called the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Synonyms
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A country in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast that has large deserts and produces oil
Surface Forms
Morphology
socialist + People's + Libyan + Arab + Jamahiriya
Most constituents ('socialist', 'People's', 'Libyan', 'Arab') are transparent and would allow a B1 learner to infer a political/state-related phrase referring to a socialist, people-oriented Libyan Arab entity, but the coined Arabic term 'Jamahiriya' is not a common English word and its specific institutional meaning ('state of the masses' / Gaddafi's official state name) is not predictable from the parts. Because the overall label is a formal proper name combining transparent elements with an opaque coined term, the expression is only partially predictable to learners.
Etymology
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was chosen by Muammar Gaddafi to show his idea of a country run by the people. He invented the word Jamahiriya to mean 'state of the masses', so the long name claimed rule by 'the people' and was Libya's official name from 1977 to 2011.