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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley