(n) Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942), Syn. Gaddafi, Qadhafi, Muammar el-Qaddafi, Khadafy, Muammar al-Qaddafi
(n) an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil, Syn. State of Katar, State of Qatar, Katar