Editing Tunisia (section)

== Etymology ==
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{{see also|Tunis#Etymology}}
The word ''Tunisia'' is derived from [[Tunis]]; a central urban hub and the capital of modern-day Tunisia. The present form of the name, with its [[Latin]]ate suffix ''{{nowrap|-ia}}'', evolved from [[French language|French]] {{lang|fr|Tunisie}},<ref name="Adrian">{{cite book |last=Room |first=Adrian |title=Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for 6,600 Countries, Cities, Territories, Natural Features, and Historic Sites |entry=Tunisia |entry-url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesofworl02edroom/page/385/mode/1up |publisher=McFarland |year=2006 |page=385 |isbn=978-0-7864-2248-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Everett-Heath|first=John|title=The Concise Dictionary of World Place-names|entry=Tunisia|entry-url=https://archive.org/details/concisedictionar0000ever/page/534/mode/1up|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2005|page=534|isbn=978-0-19-860537-9}}</ref> in turn generally associated with the [[Berber languages|Berber]] root {{lang|ber|ⵜⵏⵙ}}, transcribed {{lang|ber-Latn|tns}}, which means "to lay down" or "encampment".<ref name="peter-ross">{{cite book |first1=Peter M. |last1=Rossi |first2=Wayne Edward |last2=White |title=Articles on the Middle East, 1947–1971: A Cumulation of the Bibliographies from the Middle East Journal |publisher=Pierian Press, [[University of Michigan]] |year=1980 |page=132}}</ref> It is sometimes also associated with the [[Carthaginian religion|Carthage goddess]] [[Tanit]]h (or Tunit),<ref name="Adrian"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Isaac |title=Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature |publisher=BiblioBazaar, LLC |year=2008 |page=281 |isbn=978-0-559-29668-0 }}</ref> and the ancient city of Tynes.<ref name="ej-brill">{{cite book |last=Houtsma |first=Martijn Theodoor |title=E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936 |publisher=Brill |year=1987 |page=838 |isbn=978-90-04-08265-6 }}</ref><ref name="hann-war">{{cite book |title=[[Ab urbe condita (Livy)|History of Rome]]|volume=Hannibal's War: Books Twenty-one to Thirty |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2006 |page=705 |isbn=978-0-19-283159-0 |author=[[Livy]] |editor1-first=John |editor1-last=Yardley |editor2-last=Hoyos |editor2-first=Dexter |name-list-style=amp}}</ref>

The French derivative {{lang|fr|Tunisie}} was adopted in some European languages with slight modifications, introducing a distinctive name to designate the country. Other languages have left the name untouched, such as the [[Russian language|Russian]] {{lang|ru|Туни́с}} ({{transliteration|ru|Tunís}}) and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] {{lang|es|Túnez}}. In this case, the same name is used for both country and city, as with the [[Arabic]] {{lang|ar|تونس|rtl=yes}}, and only by context can one tell the difference.<ref name="Adrian" />

In English, Tunisia before independence was also often called simply "Tunis", a name that persisted until the 1940s;{{efn|The ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' reads "TUNIS, Regency of, formerly one of the Barbary states of north Africa, but since 1881 a dependency of France,..." in its 1875–1889 ninth edition,<ref>{{Cite EB9|wstitle=Tunis, Regency of|volume=XXIII|page=619}}</ref> but a 1902–1903 supplement (the tenth edition) and its celebrated eleventh edition (which reads "TUNISIA (Regency of Tunis), a country of North Africa, under the protection of France,..."<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Tunisia|volume=XXVII|page=393}}</ref>).

The ''[[New International Encyclopedia]]'' 1905 and 1916 editions read "TUNIS (Fr. ''Tunisie''). A French protectorate in North Africa.",<ref>{{cite book|title=The New International Encyclopædia|volume=XIX|entry=Tunis|entry-url=https://archive.org/details/newinternational19gilm/page/535/mode/1up|publisher=Dodd, Mead and Company|date=1905|page=535}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The New International Encyclopædia|volume=XXII|entry=Tunis|entry-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101064517301&seq=617|publisher=Dodd, Mead and Company|date=1916|page=545}}</ref> while the 1928 supplement reads "TUNIS or {{Smallcaps|Tunisia}}. A French protectorate in North Africa..."<ref>{{cite book|title=The New International Encyclopædia|volume=XXV|entry=Tunis|entry-url=https://archive.org/details/newinternational008261mbp/page/n454/mode/1up|publisher=Dodd, Mead and Company|date=1928|page=1311}}</ref>}} under French influence, the neologism "Tunisia", adapted from ''Tunisie'', gradually took hold.<ref name="Adrian" /> The adjective "Tunisian" first appeared in English in 1825;<ref>{{Cite OED2|term=Tunisian|volume=18|page=674|isbn=0-19-861230-3|url=https://archive.org/details/OXD1989ENEN/18%20-%20Oxford%20English%20Dictionary%20%281989%29/page/674/mode/1up}}</ref> the previous adjectival form was "Tunisine".<ref>{{Cite OED2|term=Tunisine|volume=18|page=674|isbn=0-19-861230-3|url=https://archive.org/details/OXD1989ENEN/18%20-%20Oxford%20English%20Dictionary%20%281989%29/page/674/mode/1up}}</ref>