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Country name Libya, in 35 editions.
The entry for Libya published Country name in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 18 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 18
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Long-form name” (1990 to 1992), “Names” (1993 to 1995), “Name of country” (1996) and “Country name” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 3 editions, 1990 to 1992.
Published as “Long-form name”
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishirakiyah
- local short form:
- none
Rewritten: too little of the 1992 text remains to mark the changes.
conventional long form:
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
conventional short form:
Libya
local long form:
Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishirakiyah
local short form:
none
The entry for Libya did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishirakiyah
- local short form:
- none
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
Ishirakiyah
local short form:
Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah
- local short form:
- none
conventional long form: Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
conventional short form: Libya
local long form: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah alIshirakiyah al Ishtirakiyah
local short form: none
- conventional long form :
- Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah
- local short form:
- none
conventional long form: form : Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
conventional short form: Libya
local long form: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah
Ishtirakiyah
local short form: none
- conventional long form:
- Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah
- local short form:
- none
conventional long form : form: Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
conventional short form: Libya
local long form: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al
Ishtirakiyah
local short form: none
- conventional long form:
- Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah
- local short form:
- none
conventional long form: Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
conventional short form: Libya
local long form: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al
al Ishtirakiyah
local short form: none
- conventional long form:
- Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah
- local short form:
- none
conventional long form: Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
conventional short form: Libya
local long form: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah
local short form: none
- conventional long form:
- Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya conventional short form: Libya local long form: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma local short form: none
conventional long form: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
The same text in 2002 and 2003.
- conventional long form:
- Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local short form:
- none
- local long form:
- Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma
conventional long form: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
conventional short form: Libya
local short form: none
local long form: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma local short form: none
The same text in 5 editions, 2004 to 2008.
- conventional long form:
- Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma
- local short form:
- none
conventional long form: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
conventional short form: Libya
local short form: none long form: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma
local
local short form: none
The same text in 2009 and 2010.
- conventional long form:
- Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- Al Jamahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uthma
- local short form:
- none
conventional long form:
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
conventional short form:
Libya
local long form:
Al Jumahiriyah Jamahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma Uthma
local short form:
none
The same text in 4 editions, 2011 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- none
- local short form:
- Libiya
conventional long form:Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya none
conventional short form:
Libya
local long form:Al Jamahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uthma none
local short form:none Libiya
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- none
- local short form:
- Libiya
note: the name derives from the Libu, an ancient Libyan tribe first mentioned in texts from the 13th century B.C.
conventional long form:
conventional short form:
local long form:
local short form:
note: the name derives from the Libu, an ancient Libyan tribe first mentioned in texts from the 13th century B.C.
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- none
- local short form:
- Libiya
note: name derives from the Libu, an ancient Libyan tribe first mentioned in texts from the 13th century B.C.
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Libya
local long form: none
local short form: Libiya
note: the name derives from the Libu, an ancient Libyan tribe first mentioned in texts from the 13th century B.C.
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- none
- local short form:
- Libiya
- etymology:
- name derives from the Libu, an ancient Libyan tribe first mentioned in texts from the 13th century B.C.
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Libya
local long form: none
local short form: Libiyanote: etymology: name derives from the Libu, an ancient Libyan tribe first mentioned in texts from the 13th century B.C.
The same text in 6 editions, 2018 to 2023.
- conventional long form:
- State of Libya
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- Dawiat Libiya
- local short form:
- Libiya
- etymology:
- name derives from the Libu, an ancient Libyan tribe first mentioned in texts from the 13th century B.C.
conventional long form: none State of Libya
conventional short form: Libya
local long form: none Dawiat Libiya
local short form: Libiya
etymology: name derives from the Libu, an ancient Libyan tribe first mentioned in texts from the 13th century B.C.
- conventional long form:
- State of Libya
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- Dawlat Libiya
- local short form:
- Libiya
- etymology:
- name derives from the Libu, an ancient Libyan tribe first mentioned in texts from the 13th century B.C.
conventional long form: State of Libya
conventional short form: Libya
local long form: Dawiat Dawlat Libiya
local short form: Libiya
etymology: name derives from the Libu, an ancient Libyan tribe first mentioned in texts from the 13th century B.C.
- conventional long form:
- State of Libya
- conventional short form:
- Libya
- local long form:
- Dawlat Libiya
- local short form:
- Libiya
- etymology:
- the name probably derives from the Libu, a North African tribe first mentioned in texts from the 13th century B.C.;
- the ancient Greeks and Romans used the name for the entire North African coast west of Egypt
conventional long form: State of Libya
conventional short form: Libya
local long form: Dawlat Libiya
local short form: Libiya
etymology: the name probably derives from the Libu, an ancient Libyan a North African tribe first mentioned in texts from the 13th century B.C. B.C.; the ancient Greeks and Romans used the name for the entire North African coast west of Egypt
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Libya: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/libya/country-name.