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Noun: Libya  li-bee-u
  1. A military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum
    - Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Type of: African country, African nation

Part of: Africa, Arab League, OPEC, Organisation of Petroleum-Exporting Countries [Brit], Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries

Encyclopedia: Libya, Libya, Libya