Jamahiriya (disambiguation)

Jamahiriya (Arabic: جماهيرية jamāhīriyyah) 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 (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
• Jamahiriya TV was the name of Libyan state television
• Jumhuriya (disambiguation)