The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tingis
Tingis \Tin"gis\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small hemipterous insects which injure trees by sucking the sap from the leaves. See Illustration in Appendix.
Wikipedia
Tingis (disambiguation)
Tingis is an ancient Roman colonia near present-day Tangier
Tingis may also refer to:
- the city of Tangier
- Tingis (genus), a genus of heteropteran bugs
Usage examples of "tingis".
You are a legend from Camulodunum to Rome, from Tingis to Bysantium: the Blood King who has never known defeat.
Troice merchant ship: ranged north to Jutland, Britain and Ireland, south down the Atlantic to Mauretania, and the Kingdom of the Blue Men, east past Tingis and into the Mediterranean.
The people of Tangier (called Tingis then) lived in the rudest possible huts and dressed in skins and carried clubs, and were as savage as the wild beasts they were constantly obliged to war with.