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tunis
/ˈtuːnəs/
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What does tunis mean?
proper 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.
More meanings (3)
proper noun
- 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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IPA pronunciation
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This historical fact is borne out by the present revival of olive culture in Tunis, mentioned in Chapter XII.
The French performed the phenomenal task of creating a bromine industry in Tunis, the development of which reads like a romance.
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Thus we find centres of manufacture similar to those of Europe at the foot of the mountains of Tunis and of Algeria.
Continued high inflation and unemployment have eroded popular support for the government, however, and forced Tunis to slow the pace of economic reform.
He despatched every year a vessel for Tunis, where the pilgrims embarked for Mecca, and he promised to convey me by the same medium to Egypt.