TARABULUS AL-GHARB

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 I. (noun) 

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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 ("Tarabulus Al-Gharb" 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)

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