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Tunisian

UK/tjuːˈnɪzi.ən//tuːˈnɪzi.ən/

Tunisian noun: a person from Tunisia or of Tunisian descent.

Noun

Tunisian (plural Tunisians)

  1. A person from Tunisia or of Tunisian descent.
    • WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18

Adjective

Tunisian (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Tunisia, the Tunisian people or the Tunisian language.
    • On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying food and drink for that evening’s iftar meal, a small group of men from sub-Saharan Africa gathered near a stall selling phone accessories.2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian

Tunisian meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Arabic

Tunisian in Hindi

person from Tunisia
ट्यूनीशियाई ṭyūnīśiyāī
pertaining to Tunisia
ट्यूनीशियाई ṭyūnīśiyāī

Tunisian in Bengali

তিউনিশীয়

Tunisian in Arabic

person from Tunisia
تُونُسِيّ tūnusiyy, تُونِسِيّ tūnisiyy, تُونُسِيَّة tūnusiyya, تُونِسِيَّة tūnisiyya
pertaining to Tunisia
تُونُسِيّ tūnusiyy, تُونِسِيّ tūnisiyy

Forms of Tunisian

pluralTunisians

Origin of Tunisian

From Tunisia + -an.

Words formed from Tunisian

Phrases with Tunisian

Questions about Tunisian

What does Tunisian mean?
Tunisian means a person from Tunisia or of Tunisian descent.
What is Tunisian in Hindi?
Tunisian in Hindi is ट्यूनीशियाई (ṭyūnīśiyāī). See Tunisian meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Tunisian?
Tunisian can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Tunisian?
Tunisian is pronounced /tuːˈnɪzi.ən/ (US).
What is the plural of Tunisian?
The plural of Tunisian is Tunisians.

Words near Tunisian in the dictionary

  1. Tunis cake
  2. Tunis cakes
  3. Tunis grass
  4. Tunis.
  5. Tunisia
  6. Tunisian
  7. Tunisian Arabic
  8. Tunisianization
  9. Tunisianize
  10. Tunisianized
  11. Tunisianizes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Tunisian (page history and authors); Tunisian (Bengali 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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