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Definition of Tunis

1. Noun. The capital and principal port of Tunisia.

Definition of Tunis

1. Proper noun. The capital of Tunisia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tunis

Literary usage of Tunis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In 1240 Eastern Algeria was united to tunis. Thus in the course of time the ... Thus, King St. Louis of France undertook a crusade against tunis in 1270 ..."

2. Cruising the Mediterranean: A Guide to the Ports of Call by Larry H. Ludmer (2007)
"Contemporary tunis is a bustling and modern metropolis with almost two million ... La Goulette is roughly six miles from downtown tunis, but it is walking ..."

3. Italy by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1877)
"Excursion to tunis. Carthage. Comp. Map of Sicily, after the Index. When at Cagliari or Malta, the traveller should if possible take this opportunity of ..."

4. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"And upon the decay of Carthage, tunis began to increase both in buildings and inhabitants: for the inhabitants of Carthage were loth to remaine any longer ..."

5. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"Unfortunately, if any understanding had been arrived at with tunis, it was brought to an end by the villainy of an ,65,. English sailor. ..."

6. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"On June 14 the Emperor's fleet reached the Gulf of tunis and cast anchor at a short distance from the fort La Goletta. The siege lasted a month. ..."

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