Tripoli
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Tripoli, from Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis); the places of this name in the United States are named after the (then Tripolitanian, now Libyan) Tripoli named in the Marines’ Hymn: “From the Halls of Montezuma / To the shores of Tripoli”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪpəli/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Tripoli, Iowa" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /tɹɪˈpoʊlə/
Proper noun
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
Related terms
Translations
capital of Libya
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis)
Proper noun
Tripoli f
Anagrams
Latin
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) Tripolī
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