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suq

American  
[sook, shook] / suk, ʃuk /

noun

  1. suk.


suq British  
/ suːk /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of souk 1

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There were no policemen visible amid the crush of midnight shoppers at the suq in the oldest part of the city.

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We've already "done" Wafi Mall, which opened in 1991 and since then has virtually doubled in size, with a new subterranean "suq shopping experience" planned.

From Time Magazine Archive

Except for the traditional gold suq, where tourists like to wander, little is left of Old Dubai.

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I bought my first one--a prayer rug, to celebrate my safe return from Iraq--at a suq in the Old City of Damascus.

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The centuries-old suq, or bazaar, was closed this year when Gaddafi banned all private enterprise.

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