Tripoli

See also: tripoli and Trípoli

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/
  • (Tripoli, Iowa) IPA(key): /tɹɪˈpoʊlə/

Proper noun

Tripoli

  1. The capital city of Libya.
  2. A city in Greece
  3. A city in Lebanon
  4. A city in Iowa, United States
  5. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

Translations


Italian

Etymology

From Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis)

Proper noun

Tripoli f

  1. Tripoli

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Latin

Noun

Tripolī

  1. dative singular of Tripolis
  2. ablative singular of Tripolis
  3. vocative singular of Tripolis
  4. locative singular of Tripolis
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