Tripoli

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See also: tripoli and Trípoli

English

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪpəli/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (Tripoli, Iowa) IPA(key): /tɹɪˈpoʊlə/

Etymology 1

From Italian Tripoli, from Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + πολις (polis, “city, city-state”). In reference to American cities, after US actions off Tripoli in Libya during the First Barbary War. Doublet of Tripolis and Tirebolu.

Proper noun

Tripoli

  1. A city in the Peloponnese region, Greece, also known as Tripolis.
  3. The capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna.
  4. A city in Lebanon, originally jointly administered by the three cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Aradus.
  5. A city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County and Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States.
Synonyms
  • (Libyan capital): Oea (historical)
Translations

Etymology 2

From modern Greek Τρίπολη (Trípoli) used from the 19th century in place of Byzantine Greek Τριπολιτσά (Tripolitsá), probably from Slavic Droboliza.

Proper noun

Tripoli

  1. A city in Greece.
Translations

Afrikaans

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Proper noun

Tripoli

  1. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtri.po.li/
  • Rhymes: -ipoli
  • Hyphenation: Trì‧po‧li

Proper noun

Tripoli f

  1. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)

Anagrams

Latin

Proper noun

Tripolī

  1. dative/ablative/vocative/locative singular of Tripolis
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