Jamahiriya

The noun is a neologism coined by Muammar Gaddafi in 1977 based on جُمْهُورِيَّة‎ (jumhūriyya, “republic”), by changing the first element, جُمْهُور‎ (jumhūr, “public”), to its plural form, جَمَاهِير‎ (jamāhīr, “the masses”) It may also refer to:

• a concept in the Political philosophy of Muammar Gaddafi
• the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ruled by Gaddafi (1977–2011)
• a Savage Republic album, see Jamahiriya Democratique et Populaire de Sauvage

See also

• History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi
• Libyan civil war (2011)
• Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation was the name of Libyan state television