Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A former Barbary state on the northern coast of Africa south and west of the ancient city of Carthage. It was conquered by the Turks in 1574 and later became a French protectorate (1881).
- The capital and largest city of Tunisia, in the northern part of the country on the Gulf of Tunis, an inlet of the Mediterranean Sea. It occupies a site near the ruins of ancient Carthage.
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- proper noun The capital of
Tunisia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the capital and principal port of Tunisia
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TUNIS - African leaders opened their annual summit in Tunis with the continuing bloodbath in Rwanda certain to dominate discussions.
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TUNIS - Newly-elected President Nelson Mandela will attend the African summit in Tunis in June, when South Africa will make its debut as a participant, Tunisian officials said.
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Tunis& Tunis: Ajwr*iy: Do thionfgnadar a ttunis, they began their jourmy.
Archaeologia Britannica,: Giving Some Account Additional to what Has Been ... 1707
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We have a friend who grew up in Tunis who always told us he had never been as cold in Paris as he had been in Tunis.
About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009
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We have a friend who grew up in Tunis who always told us he had never been as cold in Paris as he had been in Tunis.
About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009
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We have a friend who grew up in Tunis who always told us he had never been as cold in Paris as he had been in Tunis.
About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009
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We have a friend who grew up in Tunis who always told us he had never been as cold in Paris as he had been in Tunis.
About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009
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We have a friend who grew up in Tunis who always told us he had never been as cold in Paris as he had been in Tunis.
About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009
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We have a friend who grew up in Tunis who always told us he had never been as cold in Paris as he had been in Tunis.
About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009
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• September 2008: Two soldiers were shot in Tunis, Iraq; a member of their unit was charged.
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