# Tunis

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtjuːnɪs/ · frequency rank #29,133

## Definitions
1. A city on the northern coast of Africa
2. A city on the northern coast of Africa:
3. A city on the northern coast of Africa:
4. A city on the northern coast of Africa:
5. A city on the northern coast of Africa:
6. A city-state centered on the city of Tunis.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **turns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tunis-vs-turns)
- **Turin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tunis-vs-turin)
- **turnip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tunis-vs-turnip)
- **Tunisia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tunis-vs-tunisia)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tun-vs-tunis)
- **tui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-tunis)
- **this** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/this-vs-tunis)
- **tons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tons-vs-tunis)
- **tune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tune-vs-tunis)
- **tens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-tunis)
- **tuna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tunis)
- **Toni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toni-vs-tunis)
- **tung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tung-vs-tunis)
- **tris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tris-vs-tunis)
- **tugs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tugs-vs-tunis)
- **Tans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tunis)
- **tanks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanks-vs-tunis)
- **tends** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tends-vs-tunis)
- **tubes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tubes-vs-tunis)
- **tuned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuned-vs-tunis)

## Common misspellings (7)
`tnuis`, `ttunis`, `tuins`, `tuniss`, `tunnis`, `tunsi`, `utnis`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tunis