tunis

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈtjuːnɪs/(UK)
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/ˈtjuːnɪs/(UK) · /ˈtuːnəs/(US)

Definition of tunis

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. 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”
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  1. 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”
  2. A city on the northern coast of Africa:
  3. A city on the northern coast of Africa:
  4. A city on the northern coast of Africa:
    “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.”
  5. A city on the northern coast of Africa:
  6. A city-state centered on the city of Tunis.

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Etymology

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.

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