Kairouan

[French ker-wahn]

noun

a city in NE Tunisia: a holy city of Islam.

Also Kair·wan

[kahyuh r-wahn] /kaɪərˈwɑn/.

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Examples from the Web for kairouan

Historical Examples of kairouan

She remembered the days when she had nursed him in Kairouan.
A Spirit in Prison
Robert Hichens
From Tunis a day's journey by train would bring her to Kairouan.
The Call of the Blood
Robert Smythe Hichens
Beside him, there is a little table of Kairouan, blue and gold.
Atlantida
Pierre Benoit
Thither came schismatic refugees from Kairouan and Moors from Andalusia.
In Morocco
Edith Wharton
It was very short, and was addressed from Kairouan, where Artois had established himself for the spring in an Arab house.
The Call of the Blood
Robert Smythe Hichens

British Dictionary definitions for kairouan

Kairouan

Kairwan or Qairwan (kaɪəˈwɑːn)

noun

a city in NE Tunisia: one of the holy cities of Islam; pilgrimage and trading centre. Pop: 124 000 (2005 est)

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