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tunica

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: T UW1 N IH0 K AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

An unincorporated community in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A town, the county seat of Tunica County, Mississippi, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Synonym of tunic (“garment”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: tunic

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Synonym of tunic (“covering”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: tunic

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An extinct group of linguistically and culturally related Native American tribes in the Mississippi River Valley.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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6

noun

Meaning 6

an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tunic, adventitia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: membrane, tissue layer

Narrower terms: albuginea

History

Etymology

From Latin tunica. Doublet of tunic and maybe distantly related to chiton.