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Sfax

Sfax

1 8.4
A city in eastern Tunisia on the coast known for busy markets and phosphate production
  • proper noun
: Sfax
  • And he needed dinars to send from time to time to Laurence, whose husband had been lost at sea after the birth of their second child, and who at the time was scraping by as a cook down in Sfax.

Examples

  • "Is she enjoying Sfax?"

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Mail moved faster to and from Laurence in Sfax.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Last summer, I visited Sfax, a vibrant city in eastern Tunisia.

  • Many tourists come to explore the markets and cuisine in Sfax, Tunisia.

  • Mail moved faster to and from Laurence in Sfax.

Synonyms

Safaqis
vsSfax
9.7

A city in eastern Tunisia near phosphate mines on the Mediterranean coast

means the same place but uses the other name form for the city

Surface Forms

Sfax main

Etymology

Sfax comes from the Arabic Ṣafāqis, an old name for the same town by the sea. That is why Sfax still refers to the port and market city on Tunisia's east coast.