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

In a historic building in central Tripoli, Libyans wander past ancient statues and artefacts, rediscovering a heritage that transcends political divides at their national museum which reopened this month after a 2011 uprising.

From Barron's

The Tripoli government's General Mohamed Al-Haddad, four of his advisers and three crew died when the Falcon 50 jet they were travelling on crashed less than forty minutes after take-off on Tuesday.

From Barron's

"It will be hard to find a man of his calibre," Nasreddine al-Maghribi told AFP at a cafe in Libyan capital Tripoli.

From Barron's

Lieutenant General Mohammed al-Haddad and four other aides were returning to Tripoli after holding talks in Ankara with Turkish military officials.

From Barron's

ISTANBUL—Senior military leaders of Libya’s government in Tripoli were killed when their jet crashed Tuesday soon after taking off from an airport in Turkey’s capital, Libyan and Turkish officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal