Tunis
/ˈtjuːnɪs/US/ˈtuːnəs/
Tunis proper noun: a city on the northern coast of Africa.
Proper noun
Tunis
- A city on the northern coast of Africa
- Some of the citizens of Tunis have certaine fields in the suburbs walled round about, where they sowe some quantitie of barley and of other corne: howbeit the soyle is marveluellous dry, and standeth in need of much watring1600, Joannes Leo Africanus, A Geographical Historie of Africa, page 248
- A Berber settlement which fell under the rule of Carthage.
- A city founded by Umayyad troops in the 7th century AD.
- The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia.
- Tunis, the capital of the above country, with a citadel of eminence, and the fortress of Goletta on the side of a canal, which is the greatest naval and military depot belonging to the bey.1827, Richard Brookes, “Tunis”, in The General Gazetteer; or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary
- Tunis Governorate, one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia, which includes the capital.
- A city-state centered on the city of Tunis.
Tunis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Tunis in Hindi
- capital of Tunisia
- तूनिस tūnis, ट्यूनिस ṭyūnis, टुनिस ṭunis
Tunis in Tamil
- ஆப்பிரிக்க நாட்டு ஆடு
Tunis in Urdu
- capital of Tunisia
- تونس tūnis
Tunis in Bengali
- capital of Tunisia
- তিউনিস tiuniś
More languagesFewer languages
- Tunis in Pashto
- تونس tunés
- Tunis in Tagalog
- Tunis
- Tunis in Arabic
- تُونِس tūnis, تُونُس tūnus
- Tunis in Malay
- Tunis
- Tunis in Indonesian
- Tunis
- Tunis in Persian
- تونس tunes
- Tunis in Thai
- ตูนิส dtuu-nís
- Tunis in Vietnamese
- Tuy-nít, Tuy-ni
- Tunis in Myanmar
- တူနစ်စ် tunacc
Origin of Tunis
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.
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Questions about Tunis
- What does Tunis mean?
- Tunis means a city on the northern coast of Africa.
- What is Tunis in Hindi?
- Tunis in Hindi is तूनिस (tūnis), ट्यूनिस (ṭyūnis), टुनिस (ṭunis). See Tunis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Tunis?
- Tunis is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Tunis?
- Tunis is pronounced /ˈtjuːnɪs/ (UK).
Words near Tunis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Tunis (page history and authors); tunis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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