Tripoli - Definition
tripoli
n 1: a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered
form it is used in polishing [syn: rottenstone,
tripoli]
2: 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 [syn: Tripoli, Tarabulus
Al-Gharb, capital of Libya]
3: a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on
the Mediterranean Sea [syn: Tarabulus, Tripoli,
Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous]