English Explanatory Dictionary

Tunis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city on the northern coast of Africa
  2. A city on the northern coast of Africa:
  3. A Berber settlement which fell under the rule of Carthage.
  4. A city founded by Umayyad troops in the 7th century AD.
  5. The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia.
  6. Tunis Governorate, one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia, which includes the capital.
  7. A city-state centered on the city of Tunis.

Pronunciation

/ˈtjuːnɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tunis.wav /ˈtuːnəs/

Word forms

Tunis

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُونِس (tūnis). Further derivation uncertain, but some possibilities are: * Derived from a Berber root ens "to lie down", tansawt "to pass the night", thus "encampment". * Related to the Phoenician goddess Tanit.

Related words

Tunisia

Derived words

Tunis cake

Translations

Afrikaans: Tunis Albanian: Tunizi Albanian: Tunisi Amharic: ቱኒስ Arabic: تُونِس Arabic: تُونُس Armenian: Թունիս Asturian: Túnez Azerbaijani: Tunis Belarusian: Туні́с Bengali: তিউনিস Bulgarian: Туни́с Burmese: တူနစ်စ် Catalan: Tunis Chinese Cantonese: 突尼斯 Chinese Mandarin: 突尼斯 Corsican: Tunisi Czech: Tunis Danish: Tunis Dutch: Tunis Estonian: Tunis Finnish: Tunis French: Tunis Galician: Tunes Georgian: ტუნისი German: Tunis Greek: Τύνιδα Hebrew: תּוּנִיס Hindi: तूनिस Hindi: ट्यूनिस Hindi: टुनिस Hungarian: Tunisz Icelandic: Túnis Indonesian: Tunis Irish: Túinis Italian: Tunisi Japanese: チュニス Kazakh: Тунис Khmer: ទុយនីស Korean: 튀니스 Northern Kurdish: Tûnis Kyrgyz: Тунис Lao: ຕູນິສ Latin: Tunes
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