Tripoli
noun
Also Tripolitania one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
Tripoli
American
[trip-uh-lee]
/ ˈtrɪp ə li /
noun
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Also Tripolitania one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
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a seaport in and the capital of Libya, in the NW part.
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a seaport in N Lebanon, on the Mediterranean.
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(lowercase) any of several siliceous substances, as rottenstone and infusorial earth, used chiefly in polishing.
tripoli
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/ ˈtrɪpəlɪ /
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Tripoli
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/ ˈtrɪpəlɪ /
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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)
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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)
Tripoli
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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.
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Etymology
Origin of tripoli
C17: named after Tripoli , in Libya or in Lebanon
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The second Libyan, Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah was acquitted and returned home to a hero's welcome in Tripoli.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
At one point, Judge Friedrich instructed the US government to get hold of the original handwritten document and the carbon copy, only to be told the authorities in Tripoli couldn't find them.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
No, these were good old-fashioned pirates, sponsored by the Barbary states: the kingdom of Morocco was independent, while Algiers, Tripoli and Tunis owed a loose allegiance to the Ottoman Empire.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The oil-rich country remains divided between a UN-recognised government based in its capital, Tripoli, and the eastern administration in Benghazi backed by the Haftars.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
On June 22, 1893, during maneuvers off Tripoli, this marvel of naval technology had been struck by the H.M.S.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
It is the chief ingredient of sand, sandstone, quartzite, chert, diatomaceous earth, and tripoli.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
Rub it up and down the first of these grooves, containing emery powder; and then, to give it its final lustre, repeat the same process, with tripoli and oil, in the second groove.
From A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne
They may then be polished on a clean buffer without tripoli.
From Handwork in Wood by William Noyes
The best method of removing rust and tarnish is to polish the tools on a power buffing wheel on which has been rubbed some tripoli.
From Handwork in Wood by William Noyes
Filling materials used are sodium silicate, or water glass, talc, silex, pumice, starch, borax, tripoli, etc.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen
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