Tunis (disambiguation)
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Tunis (or Tunes as in Latin) may refer to :
Places, jurisdictions and historical sites:
- the capital of Tunisia, and in several languages also the name for the country
- Tunis Governorate, a governorate (province) of Tunisia
- Tunis Eyalet, an administrative unit of the Ottoman Empire
- Tunes (see), a former diocese and Latin Catholic titular bishopric
- Battle of Tunis (255 BC), a Carthaginian victory over the Romans in the First Punic War
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunis
- Tunis University, Tunisia
- Gulf of Tunis, Tunisia
- Lake of Tunis, a natural lagoon between the city of Tunis and the Gulf of Tunis
People:
- Tunis Campbell (1812-1891), African American politician
- Tunis Craven (1813-1864), U.S. Navy officer
- John R. Tunis (1889-1975), American sports journalist and novelist
- Staffan Tunis (born 1982), Finnish ski-orienteering competitor
Other uses:
- 6362 Tunis, an asteroid
- TUNIS (Toronto University System), a UNIX-like operating system developed at the University of Toronto
- Tunis Grand Prix, an auto race held in the 1920s and 1930s in Tunis, Tunisia
- Tunis Open, a tennis tournament
- Tunis (sheep), a sheep breed
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