Libyan

North African nationality

Libyan refers to someone or something from Libya, the North African country on the Mediterranean coast.

As a noun, a Libyan is a person from Libya or of Libyan descent: Several Libyans were interviewed about the political situation.

As an adjective, it describes things relating to the country: Libyan oil reserves, the Libyan desert.

historical

Leptis Magna

Muammar Gaddafi · Green Book

cultural

Berber

North African ethnic group

Bedouin · couscous · traditional dress · henna

geographic

Tripoli

Libyan seat of government

Mediterranean coast · oasis · coastal plain

political

civil war

Domestic armed conflict

ceasefire · reconciliation · warlord · security forces

desert

Saharan

Of the great African desert

caravan route · trans-Saharan · arid climate · sandstorm · desert landscape · date palms · desert tribes · nomadic

economic

oil reserves

Recoverable underground crude accumulations

oil export · oil revenue · economic sanctions · black market · dinar · remittances · smuggling · oil production · foreign investment

Categories
Opposites
neighboring national identity

LibyanTunisian

Native of Tunis's country

Egyptian · Algerian · Chadian · Sudanese · Nigerien

geopolitical/cultural contrast

Libyanforeign

From another nation

Western · European · American

Family

Libya, Libyans

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G