Sfax

Proper noun

Sfax

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

   Synonyms:

   Taparura, Thaenae

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