Tripoli Definition

trĭpə-lē
tripolis
noun
A usually light-colored, very finely divided, essentially siliceous material consisting either of weathered chert or siliceous limestone: used as a polishing powder.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • capital of Libya
  • Tarabulus Al-Gharb
  • rottenstone
  • Trablous
  • Tarabulus Ash-Sham
  • Tarabulus
pronoun

The capital city of Libya.

Wiktionary

Origin of Tripoli

  • From Italian Tripoli, from Latin Tripolis.

    From Wiktionary

  • French probably after Tripoli Lebanon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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