Τρίπολη

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis), literally, "the three cities", as in Achaea. Official name of the town in Arcadia, Greece since 19th century, replacing the mediaeval Τριπολιτσά (Tripolitsá) of different etymon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.po.li/

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• Hyphenation: Τρί‧πο‧λη

Τρίπολη • (Trípoli) f

1. Tripoli (a town in Greece), capital of Arcadia
2. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)
3. Tripoli (a city in Lebanon)
4. placename of various cities

Older or formal genitive singular: Τριπόλεως (Tripóleos)
Usually in the singular.

• Τριπολιτσά f (Tripolitsá, “Tripoli”) (colloquial and historical name)

• Τριπολίτης m (Tripolítis, “male from Tripoli”) & see Τριπολιτσιώτης (Tripolitsiótis)
• Τριπολίτισσα f (Tripolítissa, “female from Tripoli”)
• τριπολίτικος (tripolítikos) (adjective)

• and see: Τριπολιτσά (Tripolitsá) & related terms with stem Τριπολιτσ- (Tripolits-)

• Τρίπολη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el, disambiguation page