Τρίπολη
Greek edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Τρίπολη • (Trípoli) f
- Tripoli (a town in Greece), capital of Arcadia
- Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)
- Tripoli (a city in Lebanon)
- placename of various cities
Declension edit
declension of Τρίπολη
Synonyms edit
- Τριπολιτσά f (Tripolitsá, “Tripoli”) (colloquial and historical name)
Derived terms edit
- 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-)
Further reading edit
- Τρίπολη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el, disambiguation page