Tripolitania

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τριπολιτάνια (Tripolitánia), from Τριπολίτης (Tripolítēs, “Tripolitan”) +‎ -ία (-ía, “forming abstract nouns”), from Τρίπολις (Trípolis, “Tripoli”) +‎ -της (-tēs, “forming abstract nouns”), reanalyzed as Τρίπολ-ῑ́της (Trípol-ī́tēs) (compare πολίτης (polítēs) and Latin -ī̆tānus), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city”), referring to the three cities Oea, Sabratha and Leptis Magna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtɹɪpəlɪˈteɪni.ə/

Proper noun

Tripolitania

  1. A historical region in western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli.

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Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tri.po.liˈta.nja/
  • Rhymes: -anja
  • Hyphenation: Tri‧po‧li‧tà‧nia

Proper noun

Tripolitania f

  1. Tripolitania

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾipoliˈtanja/
  • Rhymes: -anja
  • Syllabification: Tri‧po‧li‧ta‧nia

Proper noun

Tripolitania f

  1. Tripolitania
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