Oea

OEA English Etymology From en la Oea. Pronunciation en /ˈiːə/ en iːə 2 Proper noun en historical en city c/Libya, one of the three cities of historical Tripoli, the one that would survive and take en Tripoli as its modern name. en Cities in the Roman Empire Latin Etymology From la grc Οἴα, the name of a city at the time of its capture by the Greek rulers of Cyrenaica, later hypothesized to be the same city as Oea, which the Greeks called grc Ἐώα, the name grc Οἴα recorded as being from Punic xpu 𐤅𐤉‬𐤏‬𐤕‬, apparently from an unknown name of an existing Berber village, the site of which Οἴα was built on. Pronunciation Proper noun Oea<1.loc> la maritime town cont/Africa, now Tripoli Declension Oea<1.loc> Derived terms la Oeensis References la Capital cities Cities in Libya