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tripoli
/ˈtɹɪpəli/
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What does tripoli mean?
noun
- A sedimentary rock composed of the shells of diatoms etc., used for polishing.
proper noun
- A city in the Peloponnese region, Greece, also known as Tripolis.
- The capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna.
More meanings (5)
proper noun
- The Libyan government.
- A city in Lebanon, originally jointly administered by the three cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Aradus.
- A city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Lincoln County and Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A city in Greece.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtɹɪpəli/
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From Tortouse pass men to Tripoli by sea, or else by land through the straits of mountains and fells.
The aeroplane has been used by the Italians in Tripoli for scouting and reconnoitering and is said to have justified expectations.
More book examples (3)
The greater number of operators, with whose practice I am familiar, use, for polishing plates, prepared tripoli, imported from France, or Browne’s rotten-stone.
The army has deployed from Beirut north along the coast road to Tripoli, southeast into the Shuf mountains, and south to the vicinity of Sidon.
He further despatched him and his fleet to Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, to have every English ship and every English man delivered up to him that had been taken by pirates in those parts.