LIBYAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Libyan mean? 

• LIBYAN (noun)
  The noun LIBYAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Libya

  Familiarity information: LIBYAN used as a noun is very rare.

• LIBYAN (adjective)
  The adjective LIBYAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Libya or its people

  Familiarity information: LIBYAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIBYAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Libya

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Libyan" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Libyan" is a member of...):

Libya; Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum)

Derivation:

Libyan (of or relating to Libya or its people)

• LIBYAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Libya or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Libyan terrorists

Pertainym:

Libya (a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum)

Derivation:

Libya (a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum)

Libyan (a native or inhabitant of Libya)