Tunis

[ too-nis, tyoo- ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
2. one of the former Barbary States in N Africa, once notorious for its pirates: constitutes modern Tunisia.

Tunis

/ ˈtjuːnɪs /

noun

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: 2 063 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

On the streets of Intilaka, a working class neighbourhood near Tunis that has frequently hosted clashes between the police and angry youths, residents on Tuesday applauded the President’s intervention.

From Time

In Tunis, excited crowds debated the news, while simultaneously trying to define exactly what it meant.

From Time

With a breathtaking view over the bay and the ruins of Carthage, we  could see all the way back to Tunis and the Kasbah.

From The Daily Beast

Born in Tunis, Sliti moved to Italy looking for work, as many young North Africans do.

From The Daily Beast

Now he only smiles when dreaming about setting up a snack stall back in his native Tunis.

From The Daily Beast

That movement spread to Tunis, Cairo, Benghazi, and Daraa, and later Damascus and Aleppo.

From The Daily Beast

Tunis at night feels increasingly more like a Gulf country than it did before the Arab Spring.

From The Daily Beast

Tewnes, Tunis; vaguely put for some distant and wealthy town; see ll.

From Project Gutenberg

The sense is—'that certainly, even to gain Tunis, I would not have (done other) than heard them sing.'

From Project Gutenberg

Icla's father, who had suddenly been called to Tunis, returned with a collection of Arabian arms for his museum at Christiania.

From Project Gutenberg

There is nothing any longer for me to do in Tunis, and I shall withdraw myself from the place altogether as soon as possible.

From Project Gutenberg

Has he not just lent fifteen million francs as a simple loan passing from hand to hand, to the Bey of Tunis?

From Project Gutenberg