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

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis