Tunis

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtjuːnɪs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(to̅o̅′nis, tyo̅o̅′-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Tu•nis  (to̅o̅′nis, tyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part. 944,000.
  2. Place Namesone of the former Barbary States in N Africa, once notorious for its pirates: constitutes modern Tunisia.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Tunis / ˈtjuːnɪs/
  1. the capital and chief port of Tunisia, in the northeast on the Gulf of Tunis (an inlet of the Mediterranean): dates from Carthaginian times, the ruins of ancient Carthage lying to the northeast; university (1960). Pop: 1 993 487 (2015 est)
'Tunis' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Alexander - Barbarossa - Barbary States - Carthage - Louis IX - Montgomery - Tunisia - alexander - bey - dey

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