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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
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.
Originally brought from Tripoli in Africa.
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
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
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