Libya

:This article is about Libya, the country in North Africa. For the mythical character of the same name see: Libya (mythology).

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The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya or Libya (Arabic: ليبيا, transliterated Lībiyyā) is a country in North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, located between Egypt on the east, Sudan on the southeast, Chad and Niger on the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. Its capital city is Tripoli. The three traditional sections of the country are Tripolitania, the Fezzan and Cyrenaica.

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Jamahiriya - Arabic - Transliterated - North Africa - Mediterranean Sea - Egypt - Sudan - Chad - Niger - Algeria - Tunisia - Capital - Tripoli - Tripolitania - Fezzan - Cyrenaica

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The name "Libya" derives from the ancient Egyptian term "Lebu", referring to Berber peoples living west of the Nile, and adopted into Greek as "Libya". In ancient Greece, the term had a broader meaning, encompassing all of North Africa west of Egypt, and sometimes referring to the entire continent of Africa.

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Berber - Nile - Greek - Ancient Greece - North Africa - Africa

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