的黎波里

Traditional form:

的黎波里

Pinyin (reading):

Dìlíbōlǐ

Definitions:

• Tripoli, capital of Libya
• Tripoli, city in north Lebanon

Characters:

• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 黎 - many, numerous; black; surname
• 波 - waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane

Traditional characters:

• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 黎 - many, numerous; black; surname
• 波 - waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane