Tripoli

See also: tripoli and Trípoli

English

Alternative forms

  • Tripoly (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Tripoli, from Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis); the places of this name in the United States are named after the (then Tripolitanian, now Libyan) Tripoli named in the Marines’ Hymn: “From the Halls of Montezuma / To the shores of Tripoli”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪpəli/
  • (file)
  • (Tripoli, Iowa) IPA(key): /tɹɪˈpoʊlə/

Proper noun

Tripoli

  1. The capital city of Libya.
  2. A city in Greece. Former name: Tripolis.
  3. A city in Lebanon.
  4. A city in Iowa, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States.

Translations

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Tripoli

  1. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtri.po.li/
  • Rhymes: -ipoli
  • Hyphenation: Trì‧po‧li

Proper noun

Tripoli f

  1. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)

Anagrams

Latin

Proper noun

Tripolī

  1. dative/ablative/vocative/locative singular of Tripolis
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