[PATCH] locale: Refer to Libya instead of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

Collin Funk collin.funk1@gmail.com
Tue Sep 9 04:09:15 GMT 2025


The name "Libya" became the de facto name following the signing of The
Constitutional Declaration by the Interim Transitional National Council
on 2025-08-03 and the overthrow of Gaddafi [1]. The official name became
"State of Libya" on 2017-12-22 with the short name "Libya" [2].

[1] https://peacemaker.un.org/en/documents/constitutional-declaration-libya-0
[2] https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/libya
---
 locale/iso-3166.def      | 2 +-
 locale/iso-4217.def      | 2 +-
 localedata/locales/ar_LY | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/locale/iso-3166.def b/locale/iso-3166.def
index de62d20e99..2e69a67d47 100644
--- a/locale/iso-3166.def
+++ b/locale/iso-3166.def
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ DEFINE_COUNTRY_CODE ("LATVIA", LV, LVA, 428)
 DEFINE_COUNTRY_CODE ("LEBANON", LB, LBN, 422)
 DEFINE_COUNTRY_CODE ("LESOTHO", LS, LSO, 426)
 DEFINE_COUNTRY_CODE ("LIBERIA", LR, LBR, 430)
-DEFINE_COUNTRY_CODE ("LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA", LY, LBY, 434)
+DEFINE_COUNTRY_CODE ("LIBYA", LY, LBY, 434)
 DEFINE_COUNTRY_CODE ("LIECHTENSTEIN", LI, LIE, 438)
 DEFINE_COUNTRY_CODE ("LITHUANIA", LT, LTU, 440)
 DEFINE_COUNTRY_CODE ("LUXEMBOURG", LU, LUX, 442)
diff --git a/locale/iso-4217.def b/locale/iso-4217.def
index 424896276d..a8f7ddcb7e 100644
--- a/locale/iso-4217.def
+++ b/locale/iso-4217.def
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ DEFINE_INT_CURR("LRD")		/* Liberian Dollar  */
 DEFINE_INT_CURR("LSL")		/* Lesotho Maloti  */
 DEFINE_INT_CURR("LTL")		/* Lithuanian Litas  */
 DEFINE_INT_CURR("LVL")		/* Latvia Lat  */
-DEFINE_INT_CURR("LYD")		/* Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Dinar  */
+DEFINE_INT_CURR("LYD")		/* Libyan Dinar  */
 DEFINE_INT_CURR("MAD")		/* Moroccan Dirham  */
 DEFINE_INT_CURR("MDL")		/* Moldova Lei  */
 DEFINE_INT_CURR("MGA")		/* Madagasy Ariary  */
diff --git a/localedata/locales/ar_LY b/localedata/locales/ar_LY
index fb572e05fd..d9727abf8b 100644
--- a/localedata/locales/ar_LY
+++ b/localedata/locales/ar_LY
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ escape_char /
 % exempt you from the conditions of the license if your use would
 % otherwise be governed by that license.
 
-% Arabic language locale for Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
+% Arabic language locale for Libya.
 
 LC_IDENTIFICATION
-title      "Arabic language locale for Libyan Arab Jamahiriya"
+title      "Arabic language locale for Libya"
 source     "IBM Globalization Center of Competency, Yamato Software Laboratory"
 address    "1623-14, Shimotsuruma, Yamato-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 242-8502, Japan"
 contact    ""
-- 
2.51.0



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