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souk

souk is the alternative spelling of souq.

Meaning of souq

Noun

souq (plural souqs)

  1. A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods.

Forms of souk

pluralsouks

Origin of souk

Borrowed from French souk, from Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”). More at souq.

Words formed from souk

Phrases with souk

Questions about souk

What is souk the alternative spelling of?
Souk is the alternative spelling of souq.

Words near souk in the dictionary

  1. soughtst
  2. Sougrakpam
  3. Souhegan
  4. Souillac
  5. soujee
  6. souk
  7. Souk Ahras
  8. Souk El Arba
  9. souklike
  10. soukous
  11. souks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: souk (page history and authors); souq (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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