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jamahiriya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
jamahiriya
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative letter-case form of Jamahiriya.

name

State of the masses; people's republic; the form of the Libyan state ruled by Muammar Gaddafi from 1977-2011, during which time it was known first as the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya then as the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

Etymology

From Arabic جَمَاهِيرِيَّة (jamāhīriyya, “[state] of the masses”), which derives from جُمْهُورِيَّة (jumhūriyya, “republic”) by changing the first element, جُمْهُور (jumhūr, “public”), to its plural form, جَمَاهِير (jamāhīr, “the masses”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: جَمَاهِيرِيَّة, ج م ه ر

Questions

What does jamahiriya mean?
Alternative letter-case form of Jamahiriya.
Where does jamahiriya come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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