Túnez

See also: tunez

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Tunicia (nonstandard)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuneθ/ [ˈt̪u.neθ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtunes/ [ˈt̪u.nes] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -uneθ (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -unes (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Tú‧nez

Proper noun

Túnez m

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)
2. Tunis (the capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia)

Derived terms

• hierba de Túnez
• tunecí
• tunecino

Further reading

• “Túnez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “Túnez”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española]; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2023, →ISBN