TRIPOLI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tripoli mean? 

• TRIPOLI (noun)
  The noun TRIPOLI has 3 senses:

1. a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing

2. 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

3. a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea

  Familiarity information: TRIPOLI used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIPOLI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

rottenstone; tripoli

Hypernyms ("tripoli" is a kind of...):

limestone (a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Libya; Tarabulus Al-Gharb; Tripoli

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Tripoli" is a part of...):

Libya; Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Tarabulus; Tarabulus Ash-Sham; Trablous; Tripoli

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Tripoli" is a part of...):

Lebanese Republic; Lebanon (an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean)