Τρίπολις
Ancient Greek
proper noun
Definitions
- A city in Phoenicia (now Tripoli, Lebanon), founded and administered by a consortium of the cities Tyrus, Sidon and Aradus.
- A region in ancient Libya, known as Regio Tripolitana in Latin, formed by the cities Oea (now Tripoli, the capital of Libya), Sabratha and Leptis Magna.
- A district in ancient Arcadia, Greece, consisting of the cities Calliae, Dipoena and Nonacris; the relation with the capital Tripoli of modern Arcadia is not clear.
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek πόλις (city, city state, city-state, fortified town).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πόλις
Gloss
city, city state, city-state, fortified town
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
市
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -polis English
- Indianapolis English
- policlinic English
- -polis Latin
- Tripolis Latin
- politia Latin
- Polis German
- -poli Italian
- Tripoli Italian
- polis Spanish, Castilian
- -ίτης Ancient Greek
- Δεκάπολις Ancient Greek
- Κωνσταντινούπολις Ancient Greek
- Νικόπολις Ancient Greek
- Χρυσόπολις Ancient Greek
- δίπολις Ancient Greek
- πολίζειν Ancient Greek
- πολίτης Ancient Greek
- πολιορκία Ancient Greek
- πόλις Ancient Greek
- πόλισμα Ancient Greek
- ἀκρόπολις Ancient Greek
- Ἁδριανούπολις Ancient Greek
- ἑλέπολις Ancient Greek
- Ἑρμόπολις Ancient Greek
- Ἰωνόπολις Ancient Greek
- Ἱεράπολις Ancient Greek
- Florianópolis Portuguese
- Konstantinopel Danish
- poliklinika Czech
- polis Czech
- طرابلس Arabic
- طَرَابُلُس Arabic
- طرابلس Persian
- Κωνσταντινούπολις Greek (modern)
- Τρίπολη Greek (modern)
- Τριπολιτσά Greek (modern)
- ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ Coptic
- Tarabulus Hausa
- σεβαστός grc-koi
- σεβᾰστός grc-koi
- *ptólis Proto-Hellenic
- mini Dakota
- בולי Yevanic