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LIBYAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Libya

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Libyan" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Libyan" is a member of...):

Libya; Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum)

Derivation:

Libyan (of or relating to Libya or its people)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Libya or its people

Example:

Libyan terrorists

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Libya (a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum)

Derivation:

Libya (a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum)

Libyan (a native or inhabitant of Libya)

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