Tripoli

== English == === Alternative forms === Tripoly, Tripolis (obsolete) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪpəli/, /ˈtɹɪpl̩i/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪpəli/ (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) (Tripoli, Iowa) IPA(key): /tɹɪˈpoʊlə/ Rhymes: -ɪpəli Homophone: trippily === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Proper noun ==== Tripoli A city in the Peloponnese region, Greece, also known as Tripolis. The capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna. A city in Lebanon, originally jointly administered by the three cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Aradus. A city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County and Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. ===== Synonyms ===== (Libyan capital): Oea (historical) ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From modern Greek Τρίπολη (Trípoli) used from the 19th century in place of Byzantine Greek Τριπολιτσά (Tripolitsá), probably from Slavic Droboliza. ==== Proper noun ==== Tripoli A city in Greece. ===== Translations ===== == Afrikaans == === Proper noun === Tripoli Tripoli (the capital city of Libya) == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtri.po.li/ Rhymes: -ipoli Hyphenation: Trì‧po‧li === Proper noun === Tripoli f Tripoli (the capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna) Tripoli (a city in Lebanon, originally jointly administered by the three cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Aradus) === Anagrams === poltrii == Latin == === Proper noun === Tripolī dative/ablative/vocative/locative singular of Tripolis == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Trípoli. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtɾipoli/ [ˌt̪ɾiː.poˈlɪ] Rhymes: -ipoli Syllabification: Tri‧po‧li === Proper noun === Trípolí (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜉᜓᜎᜒ) Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)