Tun Explained

TUN or tun may refer to:

Biology

• Tun shells, large sea snails of the family Tonnidae
• Tun, a tardigrade in its cryptobiotic state
• Tun or Toon, common name for trees of the genus Toona

Places

• Tun, Sweden, a locality in Västra Götaland County
• Tūn or Toon, the former name of Ferdows, a city in Iran
• Touro University Nevada, a private university in Henderson, Nevada, United States
• Tunisia, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code
• Tunis–Carthage International Airport, (IATA airport code: TUN)
• Old English meaning town. Often used as a suffix in its Romanised form (~ton) e.g.: Southampton

Measurement and time

• Tun (Maya calendar), a unit of 360 days on the Maya calendar
• Tun (unit), an antiquated measurement of liquid

Science and technology

• TUN/TAP, a computer network device driver
• TUN (product standard), Danish building materials numbering system

Other uses

• Brilliance Tun, a 2014–2015 Chinese city car
• Tun, an honorific Malay title
• Tun, a type of cask (barrel) with a capacity of 252 wine gallons (954 litres)
  • Lauter tun, a vessel used in brewing
  • Mash tun, a vessel used in brewing

See also

• Ton (disambiguation)