REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA

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 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)