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Tripoli¹

  • /ˈtɹɪpəli/ UK
  • /ˈtɹɪpl̩i/ UK
  • /ˈtɹɪpəli/ US
  • /tɹɪˈpoʊlə/

Sounds like trippily · Rhymes with -ɪpəli

Where it comes from

Borrowed 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, Tirebolu, and Tripura.

proper noun Tripoly · Tripolis

  1. A city in the Peloponnese region, Greece, also known as Tripolis.
  2. The capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna. When he got to Zawiyah, the coastal town west of Tripoli that has become the main hub for the people-smuggling industry, he was kidnapped a second time and held in a tiny cell for six months.
  3. metonymically The Libyan government.
  4. A city in Lebanon, originally jointly administered by the three cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Aradus.
  5. A city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County and Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States.

Similar: Oea

Tripoli²

  • /ˈtɹɪpəli/ UK
  • /ˈtɹɪpl̩i/ UK
  • /ˈtɹɪpəli/ US
  • /tɹɪˈpoʊlə/

Sounds like trippily · Rhymes with -ɪpəli

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Tripoly · Tripolis

  1. A city in Greece.

tripoli³

  • /ˈtɹɪpəli/
  • [ˈtʃɹɪpəli]
  • [ˈtʃɹɪpl̩i]

Sounds like trippily, Tripoli · Rhymes with -ɪpəli

Where it comes from

Originally brought from Tripoli in Libya.

noun tripolis

  1. countable, uncountable A sedimentary rock composed of the shells of diatoms etc., used for polishing.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: libya, libyan, kano, jamahiriya, misrata, tripolitania, sirte, tobruk, ajdabiya, benghazi, sultan, ghadames, sabha, cairo, derna, zuwarah

proper noun

Similar: Oea

Translations

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name capital of Libya

EspañolTrípoli
한국어트리폴리 Teuripolli
日本語トリポリ Toripori
中文的黎波里 Dīlíbōlǐ
हिन्दीत्रिपोली tripolī, ताराबूलस tārābūlas, तराबुलुस tarābulus
PortuguêsTrípoli
FrançaisTripoli
DeutschTripolis
ItalianoTripoli
ΕλληνικάΤρίπολη Trípoli
RomânăTripoli
РусскийТри́поли Trípoli
Tiếng ViệtTơ-ri-pô-li
العربيةطَرَابُلُس ṭarābulus, طَرَابُلُس الغَرْب ṭarābulus al-ḡarb
עבריתטְרִיפּוֹלִי tripoli

name city in Lebanon

中文的黎波里
FrançaisTripoli
ItalianoTripoli
العربيةطَرَابُلُس ṭarābulus, طَرَابُلُس الشَّام ṭarābulus aš-šām

name city in Greece

ItalianoTripoli
ΕλληνικάΤρίπολη Trípoli
العربيةتريبولي

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@misc{tripoli_2026,
  title = {tripoli},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tripoli},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}