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Safi

American

[saf-ee] / ˈsæf i /

Or Saffi

noun

a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.

Safi British

/ safi /

noun

a port in W Morocco, 170 km (105 miles) northwest of Marrakech, to which it is the nearest port. Pop: 470 000 (2003)

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Last December, flash floods killed 37 people in Safi, in Morocco's deadliest weather-related disaster in the past decade.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

With no money and fearing another attack, Safi set off on foot with seven children, including her own, across the arid plains in search of safety.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

“It was a feeling of grief. Of awkwardness,” said Safi Mansour, a Palestinian citizen of Israel who helped found Hand in Hand’s Haifa branch.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2024

The Israeli army did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the Jabal Safi strike.

From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2023

Abu Nizar Ibn Safi Malik An-Nuhat assumed the title "Prince of Grammarians," but if any other name was given to him by those addressing him he would fly into a passion.

From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

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