Tunisian
- of or relating to Tunisia or its inhabitants
- of or relating to Tunis or its inhabitants
proper noun
- person from Tunisia
- dialect of Arabic
- person from Tunis, Tunisia
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /tuːˈnɪzi.ən/ / /tuːˈnɪʒən/ / /tjuːˈnɪzi.ən/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English Tunis Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Tunisia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tunisian From Tunisia + -an.
- Of, from, or pertaining to Tunisia, the Tunisian people or the Tunisian language.
“On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying food and drink for that evening’s iftar meal, a small group of men from sub-Saharan Africa gathered near a stall selling phone accessories.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English Tunis Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Tunisia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tunisian From Tunisia + -an.
- A person from Tunisia or of Tunisian descent.
“WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.”