Tripolitanian
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An inhabitant or native of Tripolitania.
Adjective
- 1 Of, or relating to, Tripolitania. not-comparable
"Two of the locomotives remaining in Italy were sent across the Mediterranean to Tripoli, at the time a base for Rommel's armies in North Africa, although they could not run on the 3 ft. 1½ in.-gauge Tripolitanian railways."
Example
More examples"Two of the locomotives remaining in Italy were sent across the Mediterranean to Tripoli, at the time a base for Rommel's armies in North Africa, although they could not run on the 3 ft. 1½ in.-gauge Tripolitanian railways."
Etymology
From Tripolitania + -an.
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