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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tripoli \Trip"o*li\, n. (Min.) An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Tripoli, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 1310 Housing Units (2000): 561 Land area (2000): 1.401547 sq. miles (3.629990 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.401547 sq. miles (3.629990 sq. km) FIPS code: 78915 Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19 Location: 42.805736 N, 92.257580 W ZIP Codes (1990): 50676 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Tripoli, IA Tripoli