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Tripoli.

A city in the Peloponnese region, Greece, also known as Tripolis.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈtɹɪpəli/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɹɪpl̩i/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɹɪpəli/General-American/tɹɪˈpoʊlə/
  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.

  3. The capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna. The Libyan government.

    metonymically
  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.

Where this word 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.

name/ˈtɹɪpəli/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɹɪpl̩i/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɹɪpəli/General-American/tɹɪˈpoʊlə/
  1. A city in Greece.

Where this word comes from

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

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