libya
Noun
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A military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean;
Consists almost entirely of desert;
A major exporter of petroleum (synset 108979456)domain member region:- abu nidal organization, ano, arab revolutionary brigades, black september, fatah revolutionary council, fatah-rc, revolutionary organization of socialist muslims - a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
- al-jama'a al-islamiyyah al-muqatilah bi-libya, fig, libyan fighting group, libyan islamic fighting group, libyan islamic group - a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi
is an instance of: african country, african nation - any one of the countries occupying the African continentmember holonym: libyan - a native or inhabitant of Libyabelongs to:- arab league - an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation
- opec, organization of petroleum-exporting countries - an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
has:- capital of libya, tarabulus al-gharb, tripoli - the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC
- benghazi - port in northern Libya on the Gulf of Sidra; formerly a joint capital of Libya with Tripoli
- libyan desert - the northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan
is a part of: africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
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