Safi

American  

[saf-ee] / ˈsæf i /

Or Saffi

noun

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

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Safi British  

/ safi /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

Another resident in Kunar's Sokai district, Ezzatullah Safi, says part of his house collapsed in the earthquake.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

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

Times staff writer Safi Nazzal contributed to this report.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2024

This was the noble and generous Safi Mirza—the delight of his father, and the hope of the people.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828 by Various