tun

Tun.

a large cask, esp. for wine, beer, or ale
a measure of capacity for liquids, usually 252 wine gallons (954 liters)

Origin of tun

Middle English tonne from Old English tunne, large cask and Old French tonne, both from Medieval Latin tunna from Celtic base

transitive verb

tunned, tun′ning

to put into or store in a tun or tuns

Tun

Tunisia

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tun

noun

A large cask for liquids, especially wine.
A measure of liquid capacity, especially one equivalent to approximately 252 gallons (954 liters).

Origin of tun

Middle English from Old English tunne possibly of Celtic origin

Tun.

abbreviation

Tunisia
Tunisian

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Symbol

The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for Tunisia.

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All this took place at the Tun Tavern and Robert Mullan, the tavern's owner, became captain and recruiter.
The derivation from the Saxon cesc (ash) and tun (an enclosed place) accounts for the earliest orthography Estun.
At Aberdeen; and on this occasion the magistrates voted him a present of a tun of wine when the new wines should arrive, or, according to his option, the sum of £ 20 to purchase bonnets.
Their original name was Hoa or Hoa-tun; subsequently they styled themselves Ye-tha-i-li-to after the name of their royal family, or more briefly Ye-tha.
On the night of the 30th the first Japanese troops crossed the Taitszeho near Lien-Tao-Wun, and during the 31st three brigades were deployed north of Kwan-tun, facing west.

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