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Jamahiriya ( '''') is an Arabic word that is difficult to translate but is most commonly expressed in English as "State of the masses" or "Peopledom".

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2011-10-20
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1977-03-02

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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 (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

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