Lexic.us

Definition of Tripoli

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

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

Definition of Tripoli

1. n. An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms.

Definition of Tripoli

1. Proper noun. The capital city of Libya. ¹

2. Noun. (geology) A sedimentary rock composed of the shells of diatoms etc ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tripoli

1. a soft, friable rock [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tripoli

1. An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tripoli

tripoded tripodes tripodia tripodian tripodians tripodic tripodies tripoding tripods tripody

tripoidal tripoint tripolar tripole tripoles tripoli tripolis tripolyphosphate tripolyphosphates tripos

triposes trippant tripped tripped up tripper trippers trippery trippet trippets trippier

Literary usage of Tripoli

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The jurisdiction of the present Prefecture Apostolic of Tripoli extends over both the vilayet, of Tripoli and the sanjak of Benghazi, that is, ..."

2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"Until 1869 Barca was included in Tripoli, but the two districts now form two ... The history of Tripoli during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was ..."

3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1909)
"Until 1869 Barca was included in Tripoli, but the two districts now form two ... The history of Tripoli during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"On 1 May they arrived at Tripoli in Syria, and after staying there for a fortnight went on to Aleppo, and thence to Bir on the Euphrates. ..."

5. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"... into Syria : of the City of Tripoli. I LOST all the time I had employed in this ifle, ... for Tripoli, where we arrived two days after very early, ..."

6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Capture of Tripoli. Tml. 71: 790-1. O. 12. 41. Ethics of the Tripoli affair. Outlook. 99: 367- Invasion of Tripoli. ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"The Letters (London, 1819) of Richard Tully, consul at Tripoli from 1783 to 1793 ... See also the British Foreign Office reports on the trade of Tripoli and ..."

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