REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Tunisia mean?
• REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA (noun)
The noun REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA has 1 sense:
1. a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956
Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA (noun)
Meaning:
A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Republic of Tunisia; Tunisia
Context example:
southern Tunisia is mostly desert
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Tunisia"):
Gafsa (a city in west central Tunisia)
capital of Tunisia; Tunis (the capital and principal port of Tunisia)
Ariana; Ehadhamen (city in Tunisia)
Atlas Mountains (a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia)
Safaqis; Sfax (the second largest city in Tunisia; located in eastern Tunisia near a phosphate region)
Sousse; Susa; Susah (a port city in eastern Tunisia on the Mediterranean)
Meronyms (members of "Republic of Tunisia"):
Tunisian (a native or inhabitant of Tunisia)
Domain member region:
battle of Zama; Zama (the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War)
Holonyms ("Republic of Tunisia" is a part of...):
Maghreb; Mahgrib (the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia)
Holonyms ("Republic of Tunisia" is a member of...):
Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)
