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TUNISIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Tunisia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Tunisian" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Tunisian" is a member of...):

Republic of Tunisia; Tunisia (a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956)

Derivation:

Tunisian (of or relating to Tunisia or its inhabitants)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Tunisia or its inhabitants

Example:

Tunisian archeological sites

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Tunisia (a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956)

Derivation:

Tunisia (a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956)

Tunisian (a native or inhabitant of Tunisia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the city of Tunis or its residents

Example:

Tunisian markets

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Tunis (the capital and principal port of Tunisia)

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