Τρίπολη

Greek

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.po.li/

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• Hyphenation: Τρί‧πο‧λη

Proper noun

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

Declension

Declension of Τρίπολη

	singular	plural
nominative	Τρίπολη (Trípoli)	Τριπόλεις (Tripóleis)
genitive	Τρίπολης (Trípolis)	Τριπόλεων (Tripóleon)
accusative	Τρίπολη (Trípoli)	Τριπόλεις (Tripóleis)
vocative	Τρίπολη (Trípoli)	Τριπόλεις (Tripóleis)

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• 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

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