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Tripoli
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Tripoli has 3 senses
- tripoli(n = noun.substance) rottenstone - a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing; Array is a kind of limestone
- tripoli(n = noun.location) capital of libya, tarabulus al-gharb - 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; Array is a kind of national capital
- tripoli(n = noun.location) tarabulus, tarabulus ash-sham, trablous - a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; Array is a kind of city, metropolis, urban center, port
is a part of libya, socialist people's libyan arab jamahiriya
is a part of lebanese republic, lebanon
CIDE DICTIONARY
Tripoli, n.
An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms. [1913 Webster]
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