Tunes

Tunes ?

1. obsolete form of Tunis

Tunes ?

1. Tunis (the capital city of Tunisia)

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtuː.neːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪uː.nes]

Tūnēs m sg (genitive Tūnētis); third declension

1. a town in Africa, now Tunis.

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Tunes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Tunes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

• Túnis (Brazil)
• Tunis

Borrowed from Arabic تُونِس (tūnis).

• Homophone: Túnis (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: Tu‧nes

Tunes f

1. (Portugal) Tunis (the capital city of Tunisia)

Borrowed from Spanish Túnez.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtunes/ [ˈt̪uː.n̪ɛs]
• Rhymes: -unes
• Syllabification: Tu‧nes

Tunes (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)

   Synonym: Tunisya

   • 1930, P. Sayo, Nang magdaan ang daluyong:

     Yaong sakdal gandang prinsesa sa Tunes, sabihin ang tuwa ng puso at dibdib, at makikita na ama't inang ibig...

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