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tripoli

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Noun

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trip=o=li

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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

is a part of libya, socialist people's libyan arab jamahiriya

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 lebanese republic, lebanon

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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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OXFORD DICTIONARY

tripoli, n. = rotten-stone.

Etymology

F f. Tripoli in N. Africa or in Syria

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