- one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
- a seaport in and the capital of Libya, in the NW part.
- a seaport in N Lebanon, on the Mediterranean.
- any of several siliceous substances, as rottenstone and infusorial earth, used chiefly in polishing.
- a lightweight porous siliceous rock derived by weathering and used in a powdered form as a polish, filter, etc
- the capital and chief port of Libya, in the northwest on the Mediterranean: founded by Phoenicians in about the 7th century bc; the only city that has survived of the three (Oea, Leptis Magna, and Sabratha) that formed the African Tripolis ("three cities"); fishing and manufacturing centre. Pop: 1 223 300 (2002 est)
- a port in N Lebanon, on the Mediterranean: the second largest town in Lebanon; taken by the Crusaders in 1109 after a siege of five years; oil-refining and manufacturing centre. Pop: 212 000 (2005 est)
