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souk::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | market square, open-air market, open-air marketplace |
Examples of souk
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The motherly Fahmy is passionate about Cairo's old souk and its Islamic motifs.
From the time.com
Dubai is also known for its souk districts located on either side of the creek.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The souk across the street, where X-rated films are for sale, does brisk business.
From the latimes.com
Landlubbers will like the souk, highlighting Asia's sea trade with the Middle East.
From the sfgate.com
Its butcheries make your average New Zealand supermarket look like a Moroccan souk.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The souk had been temporarily relocated to a big building on the outskirts of town.
From the independent.co.uk
Around Damascus, every souk and street corner seems to tell a tale of empires past.
From the washingtonpost.com
Dubai's gold souk is one of the largest markets for the precious metal in the world.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Products that are sold in the souk include carpets, vases and goods made of leather.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- An open-air market in an Arabian city
- A souq or souk (Arabic: u0633u0648u0642u200Eu200E, Hindi: u0938u0942u0915, Hebrew: u05E9u05D5u05E7u200Eu200E su016Bq, also spelled shuk, shooq, soq, esouk, suk, sooq, suq) is an open-air marketplace or commercial quarter in Western Asian and North African cities. The equivalent Persian term is "bazaar".
- Alternative spelling of souq
- (Souks) The traditional gold markets of North Africa and the Middle East. Now linked electronically with New York and London, forming an important part of the worldwide precious metals markets.
- The local name for market used throughout the Arab world.
- Street or plaza - usually covered - where craftsmen and tradesmen have their shops; souks are usually organised by product or group of similar products
- (sook): An outdoor market where you go and get vegetables, spices, cows, goats, donkeys, sardines, wood, salted fat, butchered meat, dates and olives. Souk is twice a week in Zagora.
- To suck, to drink long and enduringly.
- Market associated primarily with the Middle East in which physical gold of very high purity is actively traded mainly in the form of jewellery, coins and small bars.
