Meanings
- A city on the northern coast of Africa
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
1600, Joannes Leo Africanus, A Geographical Historie of Africa, page 248 - A city on the northern coast of Africa:
- A city founded by Umayyad troops in the 7th century AD.
- The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia.
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.
1827, Richard Brookes, “Tunis”, in The General Gazetteer; or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary - Tunis Governorate, one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia, which includes the capital.
- A city-state centered on the city of Tunis.
Origin
- Arabicتُونِس
- EnglishTunis
Borrowed from Arabic تُونِس (tūnis). Further derivation uncertain, but some possibilities are: * Derived from a Berber root ens "to lie down", tansawt "to pass the night", thus "encampment". * Related to the Phoenician goddess Tanit.
More words from Arabic
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Afrikaans Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Arabic تُونِس, تُونُس
- تُونِس (tūnis)capital of Tunisia
- تُونُس (tūnus)capital of Tunisia
Bengali তিউনিস
- তিউনিস (tiuniś)capital of Tunisia
Bulgarian Туни́с
- Туни́с (Tunís)capital of Tunisia
Catalan Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Chinese Cantonese 突尼斯
- 突尼斯 (dat⁶ nei⁴ si¹)capital of Tunisia
Chinese Mandarin 突尼斯
- 突尼斯 (Tūnísī)capital of Tunisia
Czech Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Danish Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Dutch Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Estonian Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Finnish Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
French Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
German Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Greek Τύνιδα
- Τύνιδα (Týnida)capital of Tunisia
Hebrew תּוּנִיס
- תּוּנִיס (tunis)capital of Tunisia
Hindi तूनिस, ट्यूनिस
- तूनिस (tūnis)capital of Tunisia
- ट्यूनिस (ṭyūnis)capital of Tunisia
- टुनिस (ṭunis)capital of Tunisia
Hungarian Tunisz
- Tuniszcapital of Tunisia
Icelandic Túnis
- Túniscapital of Tunisia
Indonesian Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Irish Túinis
- Túiniscapital of Tunisia
Italian Tunisi
- Tunisicapital of Tunisia
Japanese チュニス
- チュニス (Chunisu)capital of Tunisia
Korean 튀니스
- 튀니스 (Twiniseu)capital of Tunisia
Latin Tunes
- Tunescapital of Tunisia
Latvian Tunisa
- Tunisacapital of Tunisia
Lithuanian Tunisas
- Tunisascapital of Tunisia
Malay Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Norwegian Bokmål Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Persian تونس
- تونس (tunes)capital of Tunisia
Polish Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Portuguese Tunes, Túnis
- Tunescapital of Tunisia
- Túniscapital of Tunisia
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Romanian Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Russian Туни́с
- Туни́с (Tunís)capital of Tunisia
Slovak Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Spanish Túnez
- Túnezcapital of Tunisia
Swedish Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Tagalog Tunis
- Tuniscapital of Tunisia
Thai ตูนิส
- ตูนิส (dtuu-nís)capital of Tunisia
Turkish Tunus
- Tunuscapital of Tunisia
Ukrainian Туні́с
- Туні́с (Tunís)capital of Tunisia
Urdu تونس
- تونس (tūnis)capital of Tunisia
Vietnamese Tuy-nít, Tuy-ni
- Tuy-nítcapital of Tunisia
- Tuy-nicapital of Tunisia
Welsh Tiwnis
- Tiwniscapital of Tunisia
Yiddish טוניס
- טוניס (tunis)capital of Tunisia
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
Tunis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tunis
“Tunis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tunis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tunis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tunis.
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