Tripolitania

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Τριπολιτάνια (Tripolitánia), from Τριπολίτης (Tripolítēs, “Tripolitan”) +‎ -ία (-ía, “forming abstract nouns”), from Τρίπολις (Trípolis, “Tripoli”) +‎ -της (-tēs, “forming abstract nouns”), reanalyzed as Τρίπολ-ῑ́της (Trípol-ī́tēs) (compare πολίτης (polítēs) and Latin -ī̆tānus), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city”), referring to the three cities Oea, Sabratha and Leptis Magna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌtɹɪpəlɪˈteɪni.ə/ === Proper noun === Tripolitania A historic region and former province in western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli. ==== Derived terms ==== Tripolitanian ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tri.po.liˈta.nja/ Rhymes: -anja Hyphenation: Tri‧po‧li‧tà‧nia === Proper noun === Tripolitania f Tripolitania (a historic region and former province in western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli) ==== Related terms ==== tripolitano == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɾipoliˈtanja/ [t̪ɾi.po.liˈt̪a.nja] Rhymes: -anja Syllabification: Tri‧po‧li‧ta‧nia === Proper noun === Tripolitania f Tripolitania (a historic region and former province in western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli) ==== Related terms ====