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- adjective Of or pertaining to
Tripoli or its inhabitants. - noun A native or inhabitant of Tripoli.
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Examples
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Enver Pasha fought against the Italians in Libya during the Tripolitan War of 1911-1912.
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The war came to an end shortly after the Battle of Derma in 1805, with US Marines, joined by Arab, Greek, and Berber mercenaries seized the Tripolitan city of Derma.
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The explosion didn't do much damage -- at most, one Tripolitan ship went down -- but the crew was killed just as surely as the two men who plowed a ship piled high with explosives into the U.S.S. Cole in the Gulf of Aden nearly 200 years later.
John Feffer: Our Suicide Bombers: Thoughts on Western Jihad 2009
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The war came to an end shortly after the Battle of Derma in 1805, with US Marines, joined by Arab, Greek, and Berber mercenaries seized the Tripolitan city of Derma.
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Another pointed to the "lethal combination of indolence, hopeless economic and marital prospects, and a fanatical religion — where vengeance against the United States, a historic enemy from the Tripolitan wars, buttresses a convenient outlet for these frustrations."
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In particular, on the least known US wars, the Tripolitan War that took place, on and off, from the mid1790s until 1815.
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In particular, one of the least known US wars, the Tripolitan War aka the Barbary Wars, that took place on and off from the mid 1790s until 1815.
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Tripolitan merchant, who owned part of the ship, two other
Travels in Nubia 2004
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Bulgaria began negotiations with Serbia (Oct.) as a result of the Tripolitan War.
1911, March 22 2001
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A general strike was proclaimed at Rome, which demonstrated popular resistance to tax increases necessitated by the Tripolitan War.
1909, Dec. 2 2001
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