Tunis
Proper noun
Meaning
A city on the northern coast of Africa:
A Berber settlement which fell under the rule of Carthage.
A city founded by Umayyad troops in the 7th century AD.
The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia.
A city-state centered on the city of Tunis.
Tunis.
(law) Abbreviation of Tunisia.
Alternative names
Tunis.
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Accordingly, it was from among the Masmuda that the Hafsid dynasty (1227-1574) of Tunis originated.
A Tunisian vendor, wearing a protective mask, sells fish at his stall in a central market in the capital Tunis on April 24, 2020, during the first day of Ramadan, after authorities partially eased the lockdown measures.
After spending the winter in Paris, in early 1925 Crowley and Olsen returned to Tunis, where he wrote The Heart of the Master (1938) as an account of a vision he experienced in a trance.
A regional gymnastics competition was held in Tunis in 1912 with the participation of thousands of French gymnasts.
As for El Bab Bhar, it allowed access to some fondouks where Christian merchants lived in Tunis.
A souk shopkeeper Old man in Tunis In the years following independence, the population of the metropolitan area continues to grow: the increase of 21.1% from 1956 to 1966 and by 28.5% from 1966 to 1975 (55.6% between 1956 and 1975).