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  Tripoli

  noun

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

  noun

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

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

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Etymology

Origin of tripoli

C17: named after _Tripoli , in Libya or in Lebanon

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The Dar al-Ifta is an influential religious institution based in Tripoli, in western Libya.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The so-called "teachers' movement", now backed by the Libya teachers' union, held a large protest outside the government headquarters in the capital Tripoli.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Thousands of teachers have protested regularly since mid-September as the movement against "unfulfilled promises" spread from Tripoli to Benghazi, in the east.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Zawiya refinery, west of the capital Tripoli, was hit in a drone strike on Monday evening - the third such incident in two days.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

She worked at an air base in Athens, then another in Tripoli, Libya.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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

When this is thoroughly accomplished, mix a portion of your tripoli with the dilute nitric acid, to the consistence of thick cream.

From History and Practice of the Art of Photography by Henry Hunt Snelling

When dry it must be rubbed with fine tripoli.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

Upper Miocene.—Calcareous marl; gypsum, etc.; sulphur embedded in calcareous limestone; silicious limestone; tripoli, containing fossils of fish, insects' eggs, etc.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 by Various

Continue the process till, on removing the tripoli with a clean pellet, the plate exhibits a clear, smooth, bright surface, free from all spots, or scratches.

From History and Practice of the Art of Photography by Henry Hunt Snelling

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