Definitions for Tripoli

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Tripoli Trip·o·li

Spelling: [trip-uh-lee]

IPA: /ˈtrɪp ə li/

Tripoli is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in Tripoli (iiloprt).

Definitions for Tripoli

noun

1. Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
2. a seaport in and the capital of Libya, in the NW part.
3. a seaport in N Lebanon, on the Mediterranean.
4. (lowercase) any of several siliceous substances, as rottenstone and infusorial earth, used chiefly in polishing.
5. Ancient Geography. the part of N Africa W of Egypt.
6. Italian Libia. a republic in N Africa between Tunisia and Egypt: formerly a monarchy 1951–69. 679,400 sq. mi. (1,759,646 sq. km). Capital: Tripoli.

Examples for Tripoli

It was Sept. 4, the day following the last attack upon Tripoli.

But a few weeks later the United States shuttered its embassy in Tripoli.

When she reached Tripoli, the anger of the Bashaw was unappeasable.

On Monday more than 100 missiles were reported to have fallen on the Tripoli district of Janzour alone.

It may be said that this episode terminated the war with Tripoli.

About noon, the "Intrepid" came in sight of the towers of Tripoli.

Tripoli is barely functioning: food shops are running low and fuel is hard to find.

The summer wedding of a prominent Christian event manager to her Sunni love from Tripoli was widely celebrated.

The ruler of Tripoli was abashed by this display of American energy and valor.

The crises in Ukraine, Gaza, Iraq and Syria all trump the chaos in Tripoli and Benghazi.