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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_187832" /> ==
 
<p> (n.) An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms. </p>
Tripoli <ref name="term_80873" />
       
<p> A province (since 1835) of Turkey, in North Africa, most easterly of the Barbary States; stretches northwards from the [[Libyan]] Desert, lies between [[Tunis]] (W.) and [[Fezzan]] (E.), with which latter, as also with Barca, it is politically united; carries on a brisk caravan trade with Central Africa; capital, Tripoli, situated on a spit of rocky land jutting into the Mediterranean; surrounded by high walls, and Moorish in appearance. </p>
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80843" /> ==
 
<p> A seaport of Syria, 40 m. NE. of Beyrout; a place of great antiquity, and successively in the hands of the Phoenicians, Crusaders, and Mamelukes; it has many interesting Saracenic and other remains; its trade is passing over to Beyrout. </p>
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<ref name="term_80873"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/tripoli+(2) Tripoli from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_187832"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/tripoli Tripoli from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_80843"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/tripoli Tripoli from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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Latest revision as of 19:06, 15 October 2021

Tripoli [1]

A province (since 1835) of Turkey, in North Africa, most easterly of the Barbary States; stretches northwards from the Libyan Desert, lies between Tunis (W.) and Fezzan (E.), with which latter, as also with Barca, it is politically united; carries on a brisk caravan trade with Central Africa; capital, Tripoli, situated on a spit of rocky land jutting into the Mediterranean; surrounded by high walls, and Moorish in appearance.

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