Tripolitania en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌtɹɪpəlɪˈteɪni.ə/
Etymology
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.
Meanings
- A historic region and former province in western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli.
Deriveds
Translations (5)
sv Tripolitanien (historic region) · cmn 的黎波里塔尼亚 (historic region) · it Tripolitania (historic region) · pt Tripolitânia (historic region) · fr Tripolitaine (historic region)