Tripoli,

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tripoli \Trip"o*li\, n. (Min.)
     An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in
     polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the
     siliceous shells of diatoms.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tripoli
       n 1: a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered
            form it is used in polishing [syn: {rottenstone}]
       2: 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 [syn: {Tarabulus
          Al-Gharb}, {capital of Libya}]
       3: a port city and commerical center in northwestern Lebanon on
          the Mediterranean Sea [syn: {Tarabulus Ash-Sham}, {Trablous}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Tripoli, IA (city, FIPS 78915)
    Location: 42.80976 N, 92.25758 W
    Population (1990): 1188 (546 housing units)
    Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 50676
  Tripoli, WI
    Zip code(s): 54564

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Tripoli, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
     Population (2000):    1310
     Housing Units (2000): 561
     Land area (2000):     1.401547 sq. miles (3.629990 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.401547 sq. miles (3.629990 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            78915
     Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
     Location:             42.805736 N, 92.257580 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     50676
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Tripoli, IA
      Tripoli