Tripolis
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Tripolis (Greek: Τρίπολις, meaning "three cities") was the name of several different places in antiquity:
- cities
- Tripoli, the capital of Libya, was known as Tripolis
- Tripoli, Lebanon, a seaport, was known as Tripolis
- Tripolis is the capital of Arcadia Prefecture, Greece
- Tripolis was a city in ancient Phrygia (also attributed to Caria and Lydia); the ruins are located near Yenicekent, Denizli Province, Turkey
- Tripolis was a seaport in ancient Pontus
- Tripolis, also Tripolis Larisaia, was a city in ancient Thessaly
- Tripolis was a city in ancient Bithynia
- regions
- Tripolis was a district in ancient Arcadia.
- Tripolis was a district in ancient Laconia.
- Tripolis was a district in ancient Thessaly.
- Tripolis was a district in ancient Phoenicia.
- Tripolis was a district in ancient Libya.
- rivers
- Tripolis was the ancient name of the river which emptied into the Black Sea at Tripolis in Pontus