Jamahiriya
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English
Etymology
From Arabic جَمَاهِيرِيَّة (jamāhīriyya, “ 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”).
Noun
Jamahiriya (uncountable)
- (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.
Translations
state of the masses (Libya)
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