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Tu⋅nis

  [too-nis, tyoo-]
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1. a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part. 944,000.
2. one of the former Barbary States in N Africa, once notorious for its pirates: constitutes modern Tunisia.
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Tu⋅ni⋅sia

  [too-nee-zhuh, -shuh, -nizh-uh, -nish-uh, tyoo-]
–noun
a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 9,183,097; 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
Related forms:
Tu⋅ni⋅sian, adjective, noun
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Tu·nis   (tōō'nĭs, tyōō'-)   

  1. 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 1575 and later became a French protectorate (1881).

  2. 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. Population: 728,000.

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Tunisia

Republic in northwestern Africa, bordered by Algeria to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east, and Libya to the southeast.

Note: In the sixth century b.c., Tunisia became the center of power for the city of Carthage.
Note: Tunisia was a French protectorate from 1881 to 1956, when it achieved independence.
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