Tunis
English
Etymology
Uncertain, but some possibilities are:
- Berber آنس, ber, meaning to rest or lie down
- Related to the Phoenician goddess Tanit.
Proper noun
Tunis
- City on the northern coast of Africa
- 1600, Joannes Leo Africanus, A Geographical Historie of Africa, 248:
- 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 watring
- A Berber settlement which fell under the rule of Carthage
- A city founded by Umayyad troops in the 7th century AD
- Capital, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia
- 1827, “Tunis” in Richard Brookes, The General Gazetteer; or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary:
- 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.
- 1600, Joannes Leo Africanus, A Geographical Historie of Africa, 248:
- City state centered in the city of Tunis
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
capital of Tunisia
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References
- Rossi, Peter M.; White, Wayne Edward (1980). Articles on the Middle East, 1947–1971: A Cumulation of the Bibliographies from the Middle East Journal. Pierian Press, University of Michigan. p. 132.
Danish
Dutch
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ty.nis/
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtu.ɲis/
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Portuguese
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tǔnis/
Declension
Declension of Tunis
singular | |
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nominative | Tunis |
genitive | Tunisa |
dative | Tunisu |
accusative | Tunis |
vocative | Tunisu |
locative | Tunisu |
instrumental | Tunisom |
Swedish
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