Jamahiriya (Arabic: جماهيرية‎ jamāhīrīyah) is an Arabic term generally translated as "state of the masses"; Lisa Anderson has suggested "peopledom" or "state of the masses" as a reasonable approximations of the meaning of the term as intended by Gaddafi.
Jamahiriya (Arabă: جماهيرية) este un termen arab, în general, tradus ca "stat al maselor"; Lisa Anderson a sugerat ca traducere "stat al maselor", ca o aproximare rezonabilă a sensului termenului destinat de către Gaddafi.