Libyan rebels have advanced into two strategic towns controlling access to the capital from the west and the south.
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Libyan
//ˈlɪbi.ən//
Synonyms for "libyan" (3 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 29 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- Libies adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- Libiër noun (person)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Λιβύς noun (person)
Arabic
3 entries- لِيبِيّ adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- لِيبِيَّة noun (person)
- لِيبِيّ noun (person)
Armenian
2 entries- լիբիական adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- լիբիացի noun (person)
Asturian
3 entries- libiu adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- libia noun (person)
- libiu noun (person)
Catalan
3 entries- libi adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- líbic adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- libi noun (person)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 利比亞人 /利比亚人 noun (person)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲫⲁⲓⲁⲧ noun (person)
Czech
2 entries- libyjský adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- Libyjec noun (person)
Danish
2 entries- libysk adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- libyer noun (person)
Dutch
3 entries- Libisch adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- Libische noun (person)
- Libiër noun (person)
Egyptian
1 entries- T-m-H-T14-A1 noun (person)
Esperanto
1 entries- libia adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
Finnish
2 entries- libyalainen adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- libyalainen noun (person)
French
4 entries- libyen adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- libyque adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- Libyen noun (person)
- Libyenne noun (person)
Galician
2 entries- libio adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- libio noun (person)
German
3 entries- libysch adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- Libyer noun (person)
- Libyerin noun (person)
Italian
3 entries- libico adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- libica noun (person)
- libico noun (person)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- libysk adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- libyer noun (person)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- libysk adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- libyar noun (person)
Polish
3 entries- libijski adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- Libijczyk noun (person)
- Libijka noun (person)
Portuguese
2 entries- líbio adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- líbio noun (person)
Romanian
3 entries- libian adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- libian noun (person)
- libiană noun (person)
Russian
3 entries- ливи́йский adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- ливи́ец noun (person)
- ливи́йка noun (person)
Spanish
2 entries- libio adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- libio noun (person)
Swahili
2 entries- Kilibya adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
- Mlibya noun (person)
Swedish
1 entries- libysk adj (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
Turkish
1 entries- Libyalı noun (person)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ліві́йка noun (person)
- ліві́єць noun (person)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
My niece is from Libya. She is Libyan.
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The Libyan government is ready to close "bit.ly".
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An Englishman, a Scotsman, an Irishman, a Welshman, a Gurkha, a Latvian, a Turk, an Aussie, a German, an American, an Egyptian, a Japanese, a Mexican, a Spaniard, a Russian, a Pole, a Lithuanian, a Jordanian, a Kiwi, a Swede, a Finn, an Israeli, a Romanian, a Bulgarian, a Serb, a Swiss, a Greek, a Singaporean, an Italian, a Norwegian, an Argentinian, a Libyan and a South African went to a night club. The bouncer said: "Sorry, I can't let you in without a Thai."
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