General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Libya
- Official English country name: Libya, or Libyan Republic
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Libyan
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Libya
- International rankings of Libya
- ISO country codes: LY, LBY, 434
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:LY
- Internet country code top-level domain: .ly
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