1. 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: Tripoli, Tarabulus Al-Gharb, capital of Libya]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
capital of Libya
n 1: 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: Tripoli,
Tarabulus Al-Gharb, capital of Libya]