Tripoli

Meaning

Proper Noun

• capital city Libya (country).
• city Greece (country). Former name: Tripolis.
• city Lebanon (country).
• city Iowa (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) community Wisconsin (state) USA (country).

Origin

• Borrowed from Italian Tripoli, from Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις; the places of this name in the United States are named after the (then Tripolitanian, now Libyan) Tripoli named in the Marines’ Hymn: “From the Halls of Montezuma / To the shores of Tripoli”.