Tripoli

American  

[trip-uh-lee] / ˈtrɪp ə li /

noun

1. Also Tripolitania one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.

2. a seaport in and the capital of Libya, in the NW part.

3. a seaport in N Lebanon, on the Mediterranean.

4. (lowercase)  any of several siliceous substances, as rottenstone and infusorial earth, used chiefly in polishing.

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tripoli ¹ British  

/ ˈtrɪpəlɪ /

noun

1. a lightweight porous siliceous rock derived by weathering and used in a powdered form as a polish, filter, etc

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Tripoli ² British  

/ ˈtrɪpəlɪ /

noun

1. Arabic name: Tarabulus el Gharb.  Ancient name: Oea.  the capital and chief port of Libya, in the northwest on the Mediterranean: founded by Phoenicians in about the 7th century _bc ; the only city that has survived of the three (Oea, Leptis Magna, and Sabratha) that formed the African Tripolis ("three cities"); fishing and manufacturing centre. Pop: 1 223 300 (2002 est)

2. Arabic name: Tarabulus esh Sham.  Ancient name: Tripolis.  a port in N Lebanon, on the Mediterranean: the second largest town in Lebanon; taken by the Crusaders in 1109 after a siege of five years; oil-refining and manufacturing centre. Pop: 212 000 (2005 est)

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Tripoli Cultural  

1. Capital of Libya and the largest city in the country, located in northwestern Libya.

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The city dates back to the seventh century b.c.

United States war planes attacked Tripoli in 1986 in retaliation for Libyan terrorist acts against American citizens.

Other Word Forms

• Tripolitan noun

Etymology

Origin of tripoli

C17: named after _Tripoli , in Libya or in Lebanon

Example Sentences

After Libyan forces pushed back her boat, she spent six months at the notorious Az-Zawiyah detention centre west of Tripoli.

From Barron's

He died three years later at home in Tripoli.

From BBC

On 31 August, after six days spent waiting for a meeting with Gaddafi, Sadr was seen being driven away from a Tripoli hotel in a Libyan government car.

From BBC

The atrocities were allegedly committed in the detention unit near Tripoli in the five years from 2015.

From BBC

He was returned to Libya and spent the next three years living in a villa in Tripoli before finally succumbing to his illness in 2012.

From BBC