indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Country
Usage Northern African, Berber, English, Faroese, Finnish, Hausa, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Swahili, Tagalog, Turkish
Scripts ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ(Berber Tifinagh)
Meaning & History
From Arabic ليبيا (Lībiyā) from Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē), which is derived from Libu, the name of an ancient Berber tribe (attested as rbw in Egyptian). This is the name of a country in North Africa.