Τριπολιτάνια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Τριπολίτης (Tripolítēs, Tripolitan) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā, forming abstract nouns), from Τρίπολις (Trípolis, Tripoli) + -της (-tēs, demonym suffix), reanalyzed as Τρίπολ-ῑ́της (Trípol-ī́tēs) (compare πολίτης (polítēs) and Latin -ī̆tānus), from τρι- (tri-, three) +‎ πόλις (pólis, city), referring to the three cities Oea, Sabratha and Leptis Magna.

Proper noun

Τριπολιτάνια • (Tripolitániaf (genitive Τριπολιτάνιᾱς); first declension

  1. Tripolitania.

Inflection