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Definition of Libyan

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Libya.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to Libya or its people. "Libyan terrorists"

Definition of Libyan

1. a. Of or pertaining to Libya, the ancient name of that part of Africa between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean, or of Africa as a whole.

Definition of Libyan

1. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Libya ¹

2. Noun. A person from Libya or of Libyan descent. ¹

3. Noun. The Libyan language ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Libyan

Libocedrus bidwillii Libocedrus decurrens Libocedrus plumosa Liborius Liborius' method Libra Libra the Balance Libra the Scales Libran Librans

Libras Libreville Libritabs Librium Libya Libyan Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libyan Arabic Libyan Desert Libyan Fighting Group

Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Libyan Islamic Group Libyan dinar Libyan dirham Libyan monetary unit Libyans Libyc Lichanura Lichanura trivirgata Lichenales

Literary usage of Libyan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Herodotus: the fourth, fifth, and sixth books by Herodotus, Reginald Walter Macan (1895)
"The Egyptian army with him is a native army ; libyan invasions are unrecorded ; the only libyan Pharaoh, or even pretender, of whom he has anything to ..."

2. U.S.-Libya Relations: A New Era?: Hearing Before the Committee on edited by Ed Royce (2001)
"I am really proud to be a libyan American, and believe me, ... I hope someday I will see a libyan and an American team under the same setting. ..."

3. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1900)
"Also libyan Seriei: Jebel Krer. 11. ... libyan Series : junction of Wadi Baba and Wadi ... libyan libyan Series: Jebel Krer. Series : Jebel Krer. 30. ..."

4. Egyptological Researches by Wilhelm Max Müller (1906)
"It is engraved in the name of a libyan officer, "the great shield-bearer" (grt== Semitic galla') of Pharaoh. Like all legal inscriptions of this kind, ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1890)
"On Etruscan and libyan Names. A Comparative Study. By Daniel G. Brinton, ... libyan Epigraphy. In October last (1889) I laid before this Society a series of ..."

6. Arts of the World: Comparative Art Studies by Edwin Swift Balch (1920)
"The native arts of Africa fall into three chief classes: Bushman, libyan ... The Bushman, libyan, and Pygmy arts belong to the family of naturalistic art. ..."

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