Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

libyan

/ˈlɪbi.ən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: Lib-y-an
IPA: /ˈlɪbi.ən/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.

noun

A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.

name

The Libyan Arabic language.

Example Sentences

"More than 40,000 would-be migrants to Europe have been intercepted at sea since Italy began paying and equipping the Libyan coastguard to do so in 2017."
"No one in Faya forgets that French air force raids drove the Libyans out of Faya, prompting them to abandon their tanks with less than Gaddafian revolutionary zeal and hightail it back home on foot."
"Their frustration has surfaced in protests in several Libyan cities over the last few days, most notably in Benghazi, the seat of the revolution, where Libyans stormed the National Transitional Council building."

Etymology

From Libya + -an. English since the 16th century.

Inflected Forms

Libyans (plural)

Derived Forms

Libyanness Libyanize Libyanization

Rhymes With

carribean triphibian polybian

Questions

How do you pronounce libyan?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɪbi.ən/.
What does libyan mean?: Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.
Where does libyan come from?: From Libya + -an. English since the 16th century.

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