Tunisia

A country in North Africa. Capital: Tunis.

Ottoman Tunisia; the Eyalet of Tunis, from 1534 to 1881

French protectorate of Tunisia, from 1881 to 1956


Tunisian

WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.

2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:

A person from Tunisia or of Tunisian descent.


Tunisian

On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying food and drink for that evening’s iftar meal, a small group of men from sub-Saharan Africa gathered near a stall selling phone accessories.

2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian:

Of, from, or pertaining to Tunisia, the Tunisian people or the Tunisian language.


Atlas Mountains

Calque of Arabic جِبَال الأَطْلَس (jibāl al-ʔaṭlas), from Berber ⵉⴷⵓⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵡⴰⵟⵍⴰⵙ (idurar n waṭlas), both ultimately from the Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), stemming from the belief that the mountain range is actually the body of the Titan Atlas after being turned to stone.

calque

جِبَال الأَطْلَس

A mountain range in northwestern Africa, occupying portions of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.


Mediterranean Sea

Calque of Late Latin Mare Mediterraneum.


dinar

From Arabic دِينَار (dīnār) and Serbo-Croatian динар (also from Arabic), derived from the Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denarius, denier, diner, dinero, and dinheiro.

doublet

Standing near Joseph, carrying a bag of taboon flatbreads, was Olivier, from Ivory Coast. He arrived a year ago and has been trying to save the 3,000 dinars (£780) he said it would cost to make the trip to Europe.

(numismatics) The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.


Strait of Sicily

A strait between Sicily and Tunisia, part of the Mediterranean Sea.


Tunisianize

en-verb

Tunisianize (third-person singular simple present Tunisianizes, present participle Tunisianizing, simple past and past participle Tunisianized)

Tunisianizes (present singular third-person)
Tunisianizing (participle present)
Tunisianized (participle past)
Tunisianized (past)

Tunisia further consolidated her independence by establishing an army, securing the partial evacuation of French troops (still garrisoned in certain zones), and Tunisianizing the courts, the civil service, and the radio and television stations.

1958, Cyrus Adler, The American Jewish Year Book - Volume 59 - Page 344


millime

Borrowed from French millime; compare centime.

(historical) A unit of currency equal to one thousandth of an Egyptian pound.


cafiz

(historical) Alternative form of qafiz, particularly in Tunisian contexts