Kairouan

[ French ker-wahn ]

noun

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

Kairouan

/ kɛrwɑ̃; kaɪəˈwɑːn /

noun

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

Example Sentences

In other words, Europeans are forbidden to enter any of the Tunisian mosques save those at Kairouan.

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In Tunisia, with the exception of the mosques at Kairouan, none but the Mussulman may pass their thresholds.

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Kairouan became the capital of what is now Tunisia in the ninth century, and Tunis itself was its servitor.

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It was very short, and was addressed from Kairouan, where Artois had established himself for the spring in an Arab house.

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She would go to Kairouan, to close the eyes of her friend if he must die, if not to nurse him back to life.

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