Sfax
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French Sfax, from Tunisian Arabic صفاقس (ṣfāqis), from Arabic صَفاقِس (ṣafāqis).
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editSfax
- A city in Sfax Governorate, Tunisia.
- 2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian[1]:
- On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying food and drink for that evening’s iftar meal, a small group of men from sub-Saharan Africa gathered near a stall selling phone accessories.
- Sfax Governorate, one of the governorates in Tunisia.
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editTunisian city
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German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French Sfax, from Tunisian Arabic صفاقس (ṣfāqis), from Arabic صَفاقِس (ṣafāqis).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSfax n (proper noun, genitive Sfax' or (with an article) Sfax)
Portuguese
editProper noun
editSfax f
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