tunis
IPA: tˈunɪs
Root Word: Tunis
noun
- A city on the northern coast of Africa:
- 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 Governorate, one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia, which includes the capital.
- A city-state centered on the city of Tunis.
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Examples of "tunis" in Sentences
- Exhibition at the Concours AMINA, Tunis.
- It was once the natural harbour of Tunis.
- Greater Tunis sewerage and reuse project.
- He escaped the defeat there and returned to Tunis.
- At the end of the year he went to Italy and Tunis.
- The Tunis customs service was a stratified bureaucracy.
- But at Tunis the army suffered an outbreak of dysentery.
- The cathedral is the headquarters of the Diocese of Tunis.
- The cathedral is the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Tunis.
- The city of Tunis is built on a hill slope down to the lake of Tunis.