Noun | 1. | tripoli - a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing limestone - a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals |
2. | Tripoli - 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 Libya, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum | |
3. | Tripoli - a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea Lebanese Republic, Lebanon - an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean |