1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 160/2In Africa her subjects consisted of three classes—(1) Libyo-Phœnicians, [ sc. Carthage's] . [ etc.]
1890 Brinton Races & Peoples iv. 106This is the typical appearance..of the ancient Libyans, and is still preserved..in Morocco and Algiers; hence I shall call it the Libyo-Teutonic type.
1948 Antiquity XXII. 142 Hanno tells us that he set sail..under orders..to proceed outside the Pillars of Heracles and found cities of Libyphoenicians.
Ibid. ,Libyphoenicians can mean either Phoenicians from Africa or African allies or vassals of the Carthaginians.
1962 D. Harden Phoenicians 223Some think that it is the Berber inhabitants of the territorium who are the Libyphoenicians so frequently mentioned in ancient texts.
ORIGIN: from Liby(an + -o- .