Tunis

//ˈtuːnəs//

"Tunis" in a Sentence (12 examples)

He won a free trip to Tunis.

The toponym Tunis comes from the root "ens", a night camp for troops.

Tunis is the capital of Tunisia.

Tunis is Tunisia's capital.

Even the toponym Tunis, Tunes, comes from the verb ens [NS]: Tunes is the soldiers' night camp. It's like you say.

Albert Memmi's semi-autobiographical book "The Pillar of Salt" is about a very poor Jewish kid growing up in Tunis.

"What country is Tunis the capital of?" "Tunisia."

I'm Tunisian and I come from Tunis.

You won a free trip to Tunis.

The capital of Tunisia is Tunis.

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

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.

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