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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τρι- (tri-, “three”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”); however, for Tripolis in Phoenicia, the name was possibly formed by folk etymology from an earlier, phonetically similar, Semitic name.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trí.po.lis/ → /ˈtri.po.lis/ → /ˈtri.po.lis/
Proper noun
Τρίπολις • (Trípolis) f (genitive Τριπόλεως); third declension
- A city in Phoenicia (now Tripoli, Lebanon), founded and administered by a consortium of the cities Tyrus, Sidon and Aradus.
- A region in ancient Libya, known as Regio Tripolitana in Latin, formed by the cities Oea (now Tripoli, the capital of Libya), Sabratha and Leptis Magna.
- A district in ancient Arcadia, Greece, consisting of the cities Calliae, Dipoena and Nonacris; the relation with the capital Tripoli of modern Arcadia is not clear.
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