Sfax

English

Etymology

From French Sfax, from Tunisian Arabic صفاقس (Ṣfāqes), from Arabic صَفاقِس (Ṣafāqis).

Proper noun

Sfax

1. A city in Tunisia.
   • 2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying food and drink for that evening’s iftar meal, a small group of men from sub-Saharan Africa gathered near a stall selling phone accessories.

2. Sfax Governorate, one of the governorates in Tunisia.

Synonyms

• Taparura, Thaenae (historical)

Translations

Tunisian city

• Arabic: صَفَاقِس (ṣafāqis)
• Esperanto: Sfakso
• Georgian: სფაქსი (spaksi)
• Greek: Σφαξ (el) f (Sfax), Σαφάκις (el) (Safákis)
• Hebrew: ספקס
• Hungarian: Szfaksz (hu)
• Korean: 스팍스 (seupakseu)
• Latin: Taparura, Thaenae
• Lithuanian: Sfaksas
• Ottoman Turkish: اسفاقس (Esfaks), اسفقص (İsfaks), سفاقس (Sfaks)
• Polish: Safakis (pl)
• Portuguese: Sfax f
• Russian: Сфакс (Sfaks)
• Turkish: Safakes

German

Etymology

From French Sfax, from Tunisian Arabic صفاقس (ṣfāqes), from Arabic صَفاقِس (ṣafāqis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sfaks/, (also) /svaks/, [sʋaks]

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Proper noun

Sfax n (proper noun, genitive Sfax' or (with an article) Sfax)

1. Sfax (a city in Tunisia)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sfax f

1. Sfax (a city in Tunisia)