libyan

/ˈlɪbi.ən/

Etymology

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

libyan means of, from, or pertaining to Libya. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 79 out of 100.

libyan is pronounced /ˈlɪbi.ən/.

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.“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.”

A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.“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.”