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CAPITAL OF LIBYA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Synonyms:
capital of Libya; Tarabulus Al-Gharb; Tripoli
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("capital of Libya" 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)