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Tripolitania

/ˌtɹɪpəlɪˈteɪni.ə/

Tripolitania proper noun: a historic region and former province in western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli.

Proper noun

Tripolitania

  1. A historic region and former province in western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli.

Origin of Tripolitania

From Ancient Greek Τριπολιτάνια (Tripolitánia), from Τριπολίτης (Tripolítēs, “Tripolitan”) + -ία (-ía, “forming abstract nouns”), from Τρίπολις (Trípolis, “Tripoli”) + -της (-tēs, “forming abstract nouns”), reanalyzed as Τρίπολ-ῑ́της (Trípol-ī́tēs) (compare πολίτης (polítēs) and Latin -ī̆tānus), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”), referring to the three cities Oea, Sabratha and Leptis Magna.

Words formed from Tripolitania

Questions about Tripolitania

What does Tripolitania mean?
Tripolitania means a historic region and former province in western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli.
What part of speech is Tripolitania?
Tripolitania is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tripolitania?
Tripolitania is pronounced /ˌtɹɪpəlɪˈteɪni.ə/.

Words near Tripolitania in the dictionary

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

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