Bizerte

American

[bih-zur-tuh, bee-zert] / bɪˈzɜr tə, biˈzɛrt /

Spanish Bizerta

noun

a seaport in northern Tunisia.

Bizerte British

/ bizɛrt, bɪˈzɜːtə /

noun

a port in N Tunisia, on the Mediterranean at the canalized outlet of Lake Bizerte . Pop: 118 000 (2005 est)

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The celebrations will go long into the night - helped by a finishing party performance by British punk band Soft Play, formerly Slaves, at a hotel in Bizerte.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2024

Pictures and videos published by Ennahda members and supporters on Facebook showed people gathering in front of the hospital in Bizerte, saying Bhairi had been taken there.

From Reuters • Jan. 2, 2022

His unit took a strategic hill in the American drive to seize the Tunisian port of Bizerte.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2016

But the judicial system based in a tiny clothes kiosk in the Tunisian town of Bizerte became increasingly popular with local people.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2013

Later, I happened to be in America when that dear good faithful copy-reader changed my Bizerte to the dictionary's Bizerta in an article on Tunis, and was able to go to the mat with him.

From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams

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