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Noun: Tunisia  too'nee-zhu [N. Amer], tyoo'ni-zee-u [Brit]
  1. A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956
    "southern Tunisia is mostly desert";
    - Republic of Tunisia

Type of: African country, African nation

Part of: Arab League, Greater Maghreb, Maghreb, Mahgrib

Encyclopedia: Tunisia