Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tripolitania

/ˌtɹɪpəlɪˈteɪni.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables
tripoli-ta-nia
IPA
/ˌtɹɪpəlɪˈteɪni.ə/
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A historic region and former province in western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli.

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Τριπολιτάνια

Derived Forms

Tripolitanian

Questions

How do you pronounce tripolitania?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɹɪpəlɪˈteɪni.ə/.
What does tripolitania mean?
A historic region and former province in western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli.
Where does tripolitania come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce tripolitania

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “tripolitania”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˌtɹɪpəlɪˈteɪni.ə/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “tripolitania”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “tripolitania” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.