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tripoli

/ˈtɹɪpəli/noun3 syllables

Tripoli means: a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.

Synonyms for tripoli6

noun, as in a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea

Tarabulus, Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous

noun, as in the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC

Tarabulus Al-Gharb, capital of Libya

noun, as in a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing

rottenstone

What does tripoli mean?3

noun

1

a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea

2

the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC

3

a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Tripoli in a sentence

  • Haftar, a Libyan warlord, is seeking to control Libya's capital, Tripoli.Amastan
  • Tripoli is the capital of Libya.MarijnKp
  • Haftar is killing innocent people in Tripoli.Amastan
  • The capital of Libya is Tripoli.Adelpa

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Forms of tripoli

as a noun

plural
tripolis