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
21 June 2024
(noun) a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
