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tripolis

tripolis is the plural of tripoli.

Meaning of tripoli

Noun

tripoli (countable and uncountable, plural tripolis)

  1. A sedimentary rock composed of the shells of diatoms etc., used for polishing.

See all 8 meanings of tripoli

Proper noun capitalized: Tripolis

Tripolis

  1. (historical) A former district of Arcadia, Greece, around the three cities of Calliae, Dipoena, and Nonacris.
  2. (historical) Former name of Tripoli, various places.
  3. (historical) Former name of Tirebolu: a town in Turkey.

Origin of tripolis

From Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis), from τρι- (tri-, “tri-: three”) + πολις (polis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Tripoli and Tirebolu.

Questions about tripolis

What does tripolis mean?
Tripolis means a former district of Arcadia, Greece, around the three cities of Calliae, Dipoena, and Nonacris.
What is tripolis the plural of?
Tripolis is the plural of tripoli.
What part of speech is tripolis?
Tripolis is a proper noun.

Words near tripolis in the dictionary

  1. tripoles
  2. tripoli
  3. Tripoli powder
  4. Tripoli powders
  5. Tripoline
  6. tripolis
  7. Tripolitan
  8. Tripolitania
  9. Tripolitanian
  10. Tripolitanians
  11. Tripolitans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tripolis (page history and authors); Tripolis (page history and authors); tripoli (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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