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TRIPOLI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea
Synonyms:
Tarabulus; Tarabulus Ash-Sham; Trablous; Tripoli
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
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)
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
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 ("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 weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing
Synonyms:
rottenstone; tripoli
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tripoli" is a kind of...):
limestone (a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals)
