Tripoli

Meaning

1. A city in Lebanon, originally jointly administered by the three cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Aradus.
2. A city in the Peloponnese region, Greece, also known as Tripolis.
3. A city in Greece.
4. The capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna.
5. A sedimentary rock composed of the shells of diatoms etc., used for polishing.
6. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County and Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States.
7. A city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Italian Tripoli, from Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + πολις (polis, “city, city-state”). In reference to American cities, after US actions off Tripoli in Libya during the First Barbary War. Doublet of Tripolis, Tirebolu, and Tripura.

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