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: