Associations to the word «Tripoli»

Wiktionary

TRIPOLI, proper noun. The capital city of Libya.
TRIPOLI, proper noun. A city in Greece
TRIPOLI, proper noun. A city in Iowa
TRIPOLI, proper noun. A city in Lebanon
TRIPOLI, proper noun. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin
TRIPOLI, noun. (geology) A sedimentary rock composed of the shells of diatoms etc

Dictionary definition

TRIPOLI, noun. A weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing.
TRIPOLI, 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.
TRIPOLI, noun. A port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King