Tripoli

• Tripoly, Tripolis (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪpəli/

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• (Tripoli, Iowa) IPA^(key): /tɹɪˈpoʊlə/

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.

Tripoli

1. The capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna.
2. A city in Lebanon, originally jointly administered by the three cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Aradus.
3. A city in Iowa, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States.

• (Libyan capital): Oea (historical)

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

Tripoli

1. A city in Greece.

Tripoli

1. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)

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

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

Tripoli f

1. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)

• poltrii

Tripolī

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