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Trip·o·li

[trip-uh-lee] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	Also, Trip·o·li·ta·ni·a [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; It. tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.

2.	a seaport in and the capital of Libya, in the NW part. 551,477.

3.	a seaport in N Lebanon, on the Mediterranean. 175,000.

4.	(lowercase) any of several siliceous substances, as rottenstone and infusorial earth, used chiefly in polishing.

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Tri·pol·i·tan

[tri-pol-i-tn] Pronunciation Key, noun, adjective

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trip·o·li (trĭp'ə-lē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. trip·o·lis
A porous, lightweight, siliceous sedimentary rock composed of the shells of diatoms or radiolarians or of finely weathered chert, used as an abrasive and a polish.

[French, probably after Tripoli, Lebanon.]

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Trip·o·li (trĭp'ə-lē) Pronunciation Key

A historical region of northern Africa roughly coextensive with the ancient region of Tripolitania. It became part of the Barbary States in the 16th century and later passed to Turkey and Italy.
A city of northwest Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea north-northeast of Beirut. Probably founded after the seventh century B.C., it was capital of a Phoenician federation and later flourished under the Seleucid and Roman empires. Tripoli was captured by the Arabs in A.D. 638 and taken by the Crusaders in 1109 after a long siege. Population: 229,000.
The capital and largest city of Libya, in the northwest part of the country on the Mediterranean Sea. Settled by Phoenicians from Tyre, it has Roman and Byzantine remains. Population: 1,150,000.

Tri·pol'i·tan (trĭ-pŏl'ĭ-tn) adj. & n.

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tripoli
noun
1.	a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing [syn: rottenstone]
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 port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea [syn: Tarabulus]

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Tripoli [(trip-uh-lee)]

Capital of Libya and the largest city in the country, located in northwestern Libya.

Note: The city dates back to the seventh century b.c.

Note: United States war planes attacked Tripoli in 1986 in retaliation for Libyan terrorist acts against American citizens.

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Tripoli, IA (city, FIPS 78915) Location: 42.80976 N, 92.25758 W
Population (1990): 1188 (546 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50676

Tripoli, WI Zip code(s): 54564

New Tripoli, PA Zip code(s): 18066

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Tripoli

Trip"o*li\, n. (Min.) An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms.

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