Sousse

British  

/ suːs /

noun

1. Ancient name: Hadrumetum.  a port in E Tunisia, on the Mediterranean: founded by the Phoenicians in the 9th century _bc. Pop: 191 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

For "In a Whisper", Bouzid also delved into her own family history, filming in her late grandmother's house in the Tunisian city of Sousse.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Saadoui, born in Gaafour, in north-western Tunisia, was about four when his family moved to Sousse, which is near to the scene of a 2015 gun attack in Port El Kantaoui.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Footage on social media showed people stranded on the roofs of their vehicles as Storm Daniel hit the cities of Benghazi, Sousse, Al Bayda, Al-Marj and Derna.

From Reuters • Sep. 11, 2023

By age 9, Jabeur had moved an hour away with her family to Sousse, also on the coast, and the girl was telling people she aimed to win the French Open someday.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2022

In January, 1883, an express was established, which leaves Sousse every morning and arrives at Kairouan--a distance of forty miles--in five hours, by means of regularly organized relays.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various