Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tripoli

/ˈtɹɪpəli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: tripoli
IPA: /ˈtɹɪpəli/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in the Peloponnese region, Greece, also known as Tripolis.

name

The capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna.

name

The capital city of Libya, originally three separate settlements known as Oea, Sabratha, and Leptis Magna.

name

A city in Lebanon, originally jointly administered by the three cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Aradus.

name

A city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States.

name

An unincorporated community in Lincoln County and Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States.

name

A city in Greece.

noun

A sedimentary rock composed of the shells of diatoms etc., used for polishing.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"When he got to Zawiyah, the coastal town west of Tripoli that has become the main hub for the people-smuggling industry, he was kidnapped a second time and held in a tiny cell for six months."

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Tripolis, Τρίπολις, Τρίπολη, Τριπολιτσά, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtɹɪpəli/
British English: /ˈtɹɪpəli/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Tripoly (alternative, obsolete) Tripolis (alternative, obsolete) tripolis (plural)

Derived Forms

Tripoline tripolite

Phrases

New Tripoli

Frequently Paired Words

tripoli Tripolitan Tripolitania

Synonyms

Oea rottenstone

Homonyms

trippily Tripoli

Rhymes With

gallipoli drippily nippily slippily nipply snippily zippily trippily

Questions

How do you pronounce tripoli?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹɪpəli/.
What does tripoli mean?: A city in the Peloponnese region, Greece, also known as Tripolis.
Where does tripoli come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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