Tunisia

See also: tunisià, and Tunísia

English

Tunisia

Etymology

From Tunis ‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tjuːˈnɪzi.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tuˈniʒ.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːʒə, -ɪziə

Proper noun

Tunisia

2. A country in North Africa. Capital: Tunis.
   1. Ottoman Tunisia; the Eyalet of Tunis, from 1534 to 1881
   2. French protectorate of Tunisia, from 1881 to 1956
   3. The Republic of Tunisia, since 1956

Translations

Republic of Tunisia

• Afrikaans: Tunisië
• Albanian: Tunizi f, Tunizia (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ቱኒዚያ (tuniziya)
• Arabic: تُونِس (ar) f (tūnis), تُونُس (ar) f (tūnus)

  Hijazi Arabic: تونِس f (tūnis)

• Armenian: Թունիս (hy) (Tʻunis)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܘܼܢܸܣܝܼܵܐ (tunisiya)
• Azerbaijani: Tunis (az)
• Bashkir: Тунис (Tunis)
• Basque: Tunisia
• Belarusian: Туні́с m (Tunís)
• Bengali: তিউনিসিয়া (bn) (tiuniśiẏa)
• Breton: Tunizia (br)
• Bulgarian: Туни́с m (Tunís)
• Burmese: တူနီးရှား (tuni:hra:)
• Catalan: Tunísia (ca) f
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵓⵏⵙ (tuns)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 突尼西亞／突尼西亚 (dat⁶ nei⁴ sai¹ aa³)

  Mandarin: 突尼斯 (zh) (Tūnísī), 突尼西亞／突尼西亚 (zh) (Tūníxīyà)

• Chuvash: Тунис (Tunis)
• Czech: Tunisko (cs) n
• Danish: Tunesien (da) n
• Dhivehi: ތޫނިސް (tūnis)
• Dutch: Tunesië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Tunizio (eo)
• Estonian: Tuneesia (et)
• Finnish: Tunisia (fi)
• French: Tunisie (fr) f
• Galician: Tunisia (gl) f
• Georgian: ტუნისი (ka) (ṭunisi)
• German: Tunesien (de) n
• Greek: Τυνησία (el) f (Tynisía)
• Gujarati: ટ્યુનિશિયા (ṭyuniśiyā)
• Hausa: Tunisiya
• Hebrew: תּוּנִיסְיָה f (tunisiya), תּוּנִיס f (tunis)
• Hindi: ट्यूनिशिया (hi) m (ṭyūniśiyā), तूनिस m (tūnis)
• Hungarian: Tunézia (hu)
• Icelandic: Túnis (is) n
• Ido: Tunizia (io)
• Indonesian: Tunisia (id), Tunis (obsolete)
• Interlingua: Tunisia
• Irish: An Túinéis f
• Italian: Tunisia (it) f
• Japanese: チュニジア (ja) (Chunijia)
• Kalenjin: Tunisia
• Kamba: Tunisia
• Kannada: ಟುನೀಶಿಯ (kn) (ṭunīśiya)
• Kazakh: Тунис (kk) (Tunis)
• Khmer: ទុយណេស៊ី (tuyneesii)
• Kikuyu: Tunisia
• Korean: 튀니지 (ko) (Twiniji), 뜌니지 (ko) (Ttyuniji) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Tûnis (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Тунис (Tunis)
• Ladino: Tunesia
• Lao: ຕູນິເຊຍ (tū ni sīa), ຕຸຍນີຊີ (tu nya nī sī)
• Latvian: Tunisija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Tunisas (lt) m
• Luhya: Tunisia
• Luo: Tunisia
• Macedonian: Тунис m (Tunis)
• Malay: Tunisia (ms)
• Malayalam: ടുണീഷ്യ (ṭuṇīṣya)
• Maltese: It-Tuneżija f
• Maori: Tūnihia
• Marathi: ट्युनिसिया (ṭyunisiyā)
• Meru: Tunisia
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Тунис (Tunis)

• Nepali: ट्युनिसिया (ṭyunisiyā)
• Norman: Teunnisie f, Teunisie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Tunisia (no) n

  Nynorsk: Tunisia (nn) n

• Odia: ଟ୍ୟୁନିସିଆ (ṭyunisiā)
• Persian:

  Dari: تُونِس (tūnis)

  Iranian Persian: تونِس (tunes)

• Polish: Tunezja (pl)
• Portuguese: Tunísia (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਟੁਨੀਸ਼ੀਆ (ṭunīśīā)
• Romanian: Tunisia (ro) f
• Russian: Туни́с (ru) m (Tunís)
• Samogitian: Tonėsos
• Scots: Tunisie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ту̀нис m

  Roman: Tùnis (sh) m

• Silesian: Tůnezyjo f
• Sinhalese: ටියුනීසියාව (ṭiyunīsiyāwa)
• Slovak: Tunisko (sk) n
• Slovene: Tunízija (sl) f
• Spanish: Túnez (es) m
• Swahili: Tunisia (sw)
• Swedish: Tunisien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Tunisya (tl)
• Tajik: Тунис (Tunis)
• Tamil: துனீசியா (tuṉīciyā)
• Tatar: Тунис (Tunis)
• Telugu: ట్యునీషియా (te) (ṭyunīṣiyā)
• Thai: ตูนิเซีย (th) (dtuu-ní-siia)
• Tibetan: ཏུ་ནི་ཤི་ཡ (tu ni shi ya)
• Tigrinya: ቱኒዝያ (tunizya)
• Turkish: Tunus (tr)
• Turkmen: Tunis
• Ukrainian: Туні́с (uk) m (Tunís)
• Urdu: تُونِس m (tūnis)
• Uyghur: تۇنىس (tunis)
• Uzbek: Tunis (uz)
• Vietnamese: Tuy-ni-di
• Volapük: Tünisän (vo)
• Walloon: Tunizeye (wa) f
• Welsh: Tiwnisia
• West Frisian: Tuneezje n
• Yiddish: טוניזיע n (tunizye), טוניס n (tunis)
• Yoruba: Tùnísíà
• Zulu: iTunisiya

See also

• Carthage
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from French Tunisie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tunis̺ia/ [t̪u.ni.s̺i.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: Tu‧ni‧si‧a

Proper noun

Tunisia inan

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)

Declension

Declension of Tunisia (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite
absolutive	Tunisia
ergative	Tunisiak
dative	Tunisiari
genitive	Tunisiaren
comitative	Tunisiarekin
causative	Tunisiarengatik
benefactive	Tunisiarentzat
instrumental	Tunisiaz
inessive	Tunisian
locative	Tunisiako
allative	Tunisiara
terminative	Tunisiaraino
directive	Tunisiarantz
destinative	Tunisiarako
ablative	Tunisiatik
partitive	Tunisiarik
prolative	Tunisiatzat

Derived terms

• tunisiar (“Tunisian”)

 

Further reading

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tunisia

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

From French Tunisie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtunisiɑ/, [ˈt̪uniˌs̠iɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Tu‧ni‧si‧a

Proper noun

Tunisia

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Tunisia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Tunisia	—
genitive		Tunisian	—
partitive		Tunisiaa	—
illative		Tunisiaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Tunisia	—
accusative	nom.	Tunisia	—
	gen.	Tunisian
genitive		Tunisian	—
partitive		Tunisiaa	—
inessive		Tunisiassa	—
elative		Tunisiasta	—
illative		Tunisiaan	—
adessive		Tunisialla	—
ablative		Tunisialta	—
allative		Tunisialle	—
essive		Tunisiana	—
translative		Tunisiaksi	—
abessive		Tunisiatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Tunisia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tunisiani — accusative nom. Tunisiani — gen. Tunisiani genitive Tunisiani — partitive Tunisiaani — inessive Tunisiassani — elative Tunisiastani — illative Tunisiaani — adessive Tunisiallani — ablative Tunisialtani — allative Tunisialleni — essive Tunisianani — translative Tunisiakseni — abessive Tunisiattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tunisiasi — accusative nom. Tunisiasi — gen. Tunisiasi genitive Tunisiasi — partitive Tunisiaasi — inessive Tunisiassasi — elative Tunisiastasi — illative Tunisiaasi — adessive Tunisiallasi — ablative Tunisialtasi — allative Tunisiallesi — essive Tunisianasi — translative Tunisiaksesi — abessive Tunisiattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tunisiamme — accusative nom. Tunisiamme — gen. Tunisiamme genitive Tunisiamme — partitive Tunisiaamme — inessive Tunisiassamme — elative Tunisiastamme — illative Tunisiaamme — adessive Tunisiallamme — ablative Tunisialtamme — allative Tunisiallemme — essive Tunisianamme — translative Tunisiaksemme — abessive Tunisiattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tunisianne — accusative nom. Tunisianne — gen. Tunisianne genitive Tunisianne — partitive Tunisiaanne — inessive Tunisiassanne — elative Tunisiastanne — illative Tunisiaanne — adessive Tunisiallanne — ablative Tunisialtanne — allative Tunisiallenne — essive Tunisiananne — translative Tunisiaksenne — abessive Tunisiattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Tunisiansa — accusative nom. Tunisiansa — gen. Tunisiansa genitive Tunisiansa — partitive Tunisiaansa — inessive Tunisiassaan Tunisiassansa — elative Tunisiastaan Tunisiastansa — illative Tunisiaansa — adessive Tunisiallaan Tunisiallansa — ablative Tunisialtaan Tunisialtansa — allative Tunisialleen Tunisiallensa — essive Tunisianaan Tunisianansa — translative Tunisiakseen Tunisiaksensa — abessive Tunisiattaan Tunisiattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• tunisialainen

 

Galician

Alternative forms

• Tunísia (reintegrationist)

Proper noun

Tunisia

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)

Derived terms

• tunisiano

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.niˈzi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: Tu‧ni‧sì‧a

Proper noun

Tunisia f

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)

Derived terms

• tunisino

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Tunisia

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)

Related terms

• tunisier
• tunisisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Tunisia

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)

Related terms

• tunisiar
• tunisisk

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Tunisia

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tunisia

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)

Yoruba

Tùnísíà

Etymology

From English Tunisia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tù.ní.sí.à/

Proper noun

Tùnísíà

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)