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jamahiriya¹

proper noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Jamahiriya

Jamahiriya²

Where it comes from

From Arabic جَمَاهِيرِيَّة (jamāhīriyya, “[state] of the masses”), which derives from

جُمْهُورِيَّة (jumhūriyya, “republic”) by changing the first element, جُمْهُور (jumhūr, “public”), to its plural form, جَمَاهِير (jamāhīr, “the masses”).

proper noun

  1. historical State of the masses; people's republic; the form of the Libyan state ruled by Muammar Gaddafi from 1977-2011, during which time it was known first as the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya then as the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

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name state of the masses (Libya)

한국어자마히리야 jamahiriya
日本語ジャマーヒリーヤ jamāhirīya
中文民眾國 /民众国 mínzhòngguó
Françaisjamahiriya
DeutschDschamahirija
Русскийджамахири́я džamaxiríja
العربيةجَمَاهِيرِيَّة jamāhīriyya

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@misc{jamahiriya_2026,
  title = {jamahiriya},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jamahiriya},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}