No. 494 in Arabic

تونس

Tunisia (a country in North Africa).

In a sentence

زرتُ مدينة تونس في الصيف.
I visited the city of Tunis in the summer.
Here, 'تونس' refers to the capital city of Tunisia.
تونس بلد جميل مليء بالأماكن السياحية.
Tunisia is a beautiful country full of tourist destinations.
In this context, 'تونس' refers to the country Tunisia.
الحديقة كانت تحتوي على زهور تونسية فريدة.
The garden contained unique Tunisian flowers.
Here, 'تونسية' (derived from 'تونس') functions as an adjective describing the flowers as Tunisian.

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