a state of Africa, which including Barca, is bounded by the Mediterranean-sea on the north, by Egypt on the east, by Nubia and Beldulgerid on the south, and by Tunis on the west; extending along the shore of the Mediterranean from the north-west to the south-east about a thousand miles, but scarce two hundred miles broad in any place. The city of Tripoli, being the capital of this state, is surrounded with a wall and other fortifications: E. long. 14° 30', N. lat. 33° 30'.