Tunis

专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈtjuːnɪs/    美 /ˈtuːnəs/

英文释义

专有名词
  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:; A Berber settlement which fell under the rule of Carthage.
  3. A city on the northern coast of Africa:; A city founded by Umayyad troops in the 7th century AD.
  4. A city on the northern coast of Africa:; The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia.
    — 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:; Tunis Governorate, one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia, which includes the capital.
  6. A city-state centered on the city of Tunis.

词汇关系

衍生词
Tunis cake
相关词
Tunisia

词源

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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