Tripolitza

(trêp-o-lēt zah,) [Mod. Gr., " three cities,"] at own of Greece, former C. of the Morea, and now that of the govt. Mantinea, 22 m. S.W. of Argos, derives its name from its foundation upon the sites of the three former cities of Mantinea, Tegea, and Pallantium. It has been rebuilt since its utter destruction in 1828 by Ibrahim Pasha. Pop. 10,000. [s. 908]