TRIPOLI

Tarabulus, Tripoli, Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous

(noun) a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea

Tripoli, Tarabulus Al-Gharb, capital of Libya

(noun) 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

rottenstone, tripoli

(noun) a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Tripoli

The capital city of Libya.

A city in Greece.

A city in Lebanon.

A city in Iowa, United States.

An unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States.

Etymology

Originally brought from Tripoli in Africa.

Noun

tripoli (countable and uncountable, plural tripolis)

(geology) A sedimentary rock composed of the shells of diatoms etc, used for polishing.

Source: Wiktionary


Trip"o*li, n. (Min.)

Definition: An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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