LSJ Gloss:ΛιβύηLibya, the north part of AfricaDodson:ΛιβύηLibya, AfricaLibya, Africa (in the modern sense).
TBESG:ΛιβύηLibyaN:N-F-LLibya, the north part of Africa west of Egypt, [8th/7th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC]; in later writers also for the whole Continent (ML)
Thayer:1) a large region of northern Africa, bordering Egypt. In that portion of it which had Cyrene for its capital and was thence called Libya Cyrenaica.Literal: Libya = "afflicted or weeping"
λίψ lips leeps Probably from λείβω leibō (to pour a “libation”); the south (southwest) wind (as bringing rain), that is, (by extension) the south quarterKJV Usage: southwest.