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Originally Posted by Dowly
It's amazing how many spell his name wrong.  |
There are two common spellings
Gaddafi and Qaddifi Both are acceptable, however, it is bad form to mix them up in the same article. One should pick one spelling.
I my line of work, we usually use Qaddifi, although to be more correct, his name should be written al-Gaddafi or al-Qaddifi
His last name means "of or from" Qaddafa" which is the name of the tribe in which he was born. Sometimes the name of the tribe is written Gaddafa.
This one of the problems with translating Arabic names and words. There are often different spellings.