Tunes

See also: tunes and tunés

French

Proper noun

Tunes

1. Obsolete form of Tunis.

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtuː.neːs/, [ˈt̪uːneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.nes/, [ˈt̪uːnes]

Proper noun

Tūnēs m sg (genitive Tūnētis); third declension

1. A town in Africa, now Tunis.

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tūnēs
Genitive	Tūnētis
Dative	Tūnētī
Accusative	Tūnētem
Ablative	Tūnēte
Vocative	Tūnēs
Locative	Tūnētī Tūnēte

References

• 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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Túnis (Brazil), Tunis

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تُونِس (tūnis).

Proper noun

Tunes f

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