Tripolitania

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Tripolitania

/ˌtɹɪpəlɪˈteɪni.ə/

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From Ancient Greek Τριπολιτάνια (Tripolitánia), from Τριπολίτης (Tripolítēs, “Tripolitan”) + -ία (-ía, “forming abstract nouns”), from Τρίπολις (Trípolis, “Tripoli”) + -της (-tēs, “forming abstract nouns”), reanalyzed as Τρίπολ-ῑ́της (Trípol-ī́tēs) (compare πολίτης (polítēs) and Latin -ī̆tānus), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”), referring to the three cities Oea, Sabratha and Leptis Magna.

proper noun

A historic region and former province in western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli.

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name historic region

中文	的黎波里塔尼亚
Português	Tripolitânia
Français	Tripolitaine
Italiano	Tripolitania

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"Tripolitania." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tripolitania. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{tripolitania_2026,
  title = {Tripolitania},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tripolitania},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}