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- proper noun The name of the
Libyan state ruled by Muammar Gaddafi from 1977-2011.
Etymologies
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Less than a decade after taking control of the country at age 27, he invented a system of government called the "Jamahiriya," Arabic for "state of the masses."
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Less than a decade after taking control of the country at age 27, he invented a system of government called the "Jamahiriya," Arabic for "state of the masses."
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Less than a decade after taking control of the country at age 27, he invented a system of government called the "Jamahiriya," Arabic for "state of the masses."
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He declared Libya to be a "Jamahiriya" - a word connoting "republic of the masses."
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He declared Libya to be a "Jamahiriya" - a word connoting "republic of the masses."
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He declared Libya to be a "Jamahiriya" - an Arabic neologism he created meaning roughly "republic of the masses."
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He declared Libya to be a "Jamahiriya" - an Arabic neologism he created meaning roughly "republic of the masses."
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He declared Libya to be a "Jamahiriya" -- a word connoting "republic of the masses."
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The Arab world's longest ruling leader in power for nearly 42 years, Moammar Gadhafi has held an unquestioned grip over the highly decentralized system of government he created, called the "Jamahiriya," or "rule by masses."
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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But he has always been brutal to his own people, conjuring a political philosophy known as Jamahiriya, or a "republic ruled by the masses," an exercise in vanity that denied Libyans tens of billions of dollars a year in oil revenues to build hospitals, schools and other institutions.
News - latimes.com 2011
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