/ Dictionary / Index T Tunis: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Tu•nis Pronunciation: (t'nis, ty'-), [key] — n. a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part. 944,000. one of the former Barbary States in N Africa, once notorious for its pirates: constitutes modern Tunisia. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: tunis (Thesaurus) tuning pipe Tunisia Related Content Daily Word Quiz: morose Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language