Jamahiriya
Jamahiriya is an Arabic word that is difficult to translate but is most commonly expressed in English as "State of the masses" or "Peopledom".
The noun is a neologism coined by Muammar Gaddafi in 1977 based on جُمْهُورِيَّة, by changing the first element, جُمْهُور, to its plural form, جَمَاهِير 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
- a Savage Republic album, see Jamahiriya Democratique [et Populaire de Sauvage]