What does tripoli mean?
Definitions for tripoli
ˈtrɪp ə li; ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə, trɪˌpɒl ɪ-tripoli
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Princeton's WordNet
rottenstone, tripolinoun
a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing
Tripoli, Tarabulus Al-Gharb, capital of Libyanoun
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
Tarabulus, Tripoli, Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablousnoun
a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea
Wiktionary
Tripolinoun
The capital city of Libya.
tripolinoun
A sedimentary rock composed of the shells of diatoms etc
Etymology: From Tripolis.
Wikipedia
Trípoli
Tripoli (Greek: Τρίπολη, Trípoli, formerly Τρίπολις, Trípolis; earlier Τριπολιτσά Tripolitsá) is a city in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the Peloponnese region as well as of the regional unit of Arcadia. The homonym municipality has around 47,000 inhabitants.
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tripoli
Tripoli is the capital and the largest city of Libya, located in the northwestern part of the country on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean Sea. It is also the name of a district in the country. The term "tripoli" can also refer to a porous, lightweight, siliceous sedimentary rock that is used as a mild abrasive and a polish, named after the city in Libya.
Webster Dictionary
Tripolinoun
an earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms
Wikidata
Tripoli
Tripoli is the capital city and the largest city of Libya. As of 2011, the Tripoli metropolitan area had a population of 2.2 million people. The city is located in the northwestern part of Libya on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean and forming a bay. Tripoli includes the Port of Tripoli and the country's largest commercial and manufacturing centre. It is also the site of the University of Tripoli. The vast Bab al-Azizia barracks, which includes the former family plantation of Muammar Gaddafi, is also located in the city. Colonel Gaddafi largely ruled the country from his residence in this barracks. Tripoli was founded in the 7th century BC by the Phoenicians, who named it Oea. Due to the city's long history, there are many sites of archaeological significance in Tripoli. "Tripoli" may also refer to the shabiyah, the Tripoli District.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tripoli
trip′ō-li, n. a mineral substance employed in polishing metals, marble, glass, &c. [Orig. brought from Tripoli in Africa.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Tripoli
a seaport of Syria, 40 m. NE. of Beyrout; a place of great antiquity, and successively in the hands of the Phoenicians, Crusaders, and Mamelukes; it has many interesting Saracenic and other remains; its trade is passing over to Beyrout.
Tripoli
a province (since 1835) of Turkey, in North Africa, most easterly of the Barbary States; stretches northwards from the Libyan Desert, lies between Tunis (W.) and Fezzan (E.), with which latter, as also with Barca, it is politically united; carries on a brisk caravan trade with Central Africa; capital, Tripoli (20), situated on a spit of rocky land jutting into the Mediterranean; surrounded by high walls, and Moorish in appearance.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
tripoli
(in its modern Arabic form, Tarabulus). A seaport and one of the chief commercial towns of Syria, near the coast of the Mediterranean, on both sides of the river Kadisha. On the left side stands the castle built by Count Raymond of Toulouse, in the 12th century, when the city was taken by the Crusaders. It was conquered by the Egyptians in 1832; restored to the Porte, 1835, and it surrendered to the British in 1841.
tripoli
A regency of the Ottoman empire, and the most easterly of the Barbary States, North Africa. The governor-general has the title, rank, and authority of a pasha of the Ottoman empire. The military force of the country consists of a body of Turkish soldiers, some 10,000 in number, whose business is to keep down insurrections, but who were formerly wont to vary it by creating them. In ancient times, Tripoli seems to have been tributary to the Cyrenæans, from whom, however, it was wrested by the Carthaginians. It next passed to the Romans. Like the rest of Northern Africa, it was conquered by the Arabs, and the feeble Christianity of the natives was supplanted by a vigorous and fanatical Mohammedanism. In 1552 (1551), the Turks got possession of it, and have ever since been the rulers of the country, though the authority of the sultan, up till 1835, had been virtually at zero for more than a century. In that year, however, an expedition was dispatched from Constantinople; the ruling dey, Karamanli, was overthrown and imprisoned; a new Turkish pasha, with viceregal powers, was appointed, and the state made an eyalet of the Ottoman empire. Several rebellions have since taken place (notably in 1842 and 1844), but they have always been suppressed.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
TRIPOLI
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tripoli is ranked #23185 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Tripoli surname appeared 1,100 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tripoli.
92.6% or 1,019 total occurrences were White.
3.2% or 36 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.3% or 26 total occurrences were Asian.
1.5% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tripoli in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tripoli in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of tripoli in a Sentence
In response to the heaviest bombardments Tripoli has seen, we launched a series of counter attacks against Haftar.
We, the government of national accord, will be in the capital Tripoli soon ... within a few days, the armed groups will remain in their camps until an agreement is found with them about whether their members will be integrated and young people absorbed within certain programs according the security plan.
We assure the residents of Tripoli that the campaign to liberate Tripoli will be limited and not violate any freedoms but restore security and fight terrorism.
To our army stationed on the border of Tripoli today, we continue the march of struggle and response to the appeal of our people in the capital as we promised them.
We need to get rid of militias and terrorist groups, we assure the residents of Tripoli that the campaign to liberate Tripoli will be limited and not violate any freedoms but restore security and fight terrorism.
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