Sfax

American

[sfahks] / sfɑks /

noun

a seaport in E Tunisia, in N Africa.

Sfax British

/ sfæks /

noun

a port in E Tunisia, on the Gulf of Gabès: the second largest town in Tunisia; commercial centre of a phosphate region. Pop: 570 000 (2005 est)

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Within half an hour of our departure from the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax and boarding the national coast guard patrol boat, the radar had intercepted its first signal.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2023

A day after news of the tragedy emerged, migrants in the Tunisian city of Sfax prepared to make the same crossing.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2023

The boat set off on Thursday morning from Tunisia's Sfax, a hot spot in the migration crisis, but capsized and sank after a few hours, the survivors were quoted as saying.

From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2023

The migrants were from Guinea and the Ivory Coast, he added, and they had departed from the Tunisian city of Sfax before being spotted and rescued by a commercial boat.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2023

They admitted neither Turk nor Christian within their walls, trusting neither party, and fearing from them the fate which befell Susa, Sfax, and Monastir.

From Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean by Currey, E. Hamilton

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