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    TUNISIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956play

    Example:

    southern Tunisia is mostly desert

    Synonyms:

    Republic of Tunisia; Tunisia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

    Meronyms (parts of "Tunisia"):

    capital of Tunisia; Tunis (the capital and principal port of Tunisia)

    Ariana; Ehadhamen (city in Tunisia)

    Gafsa (a city in west central 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)

    Atlas Mountains (a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia)

    Meronyms (members 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 ("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 ("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)

    Derivation:

    Tunisian (of or relating to Tunisia or its inhabitants)

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