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- noun Plural form of
suq .
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Examples
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This was close to many covered markets, the suqs, of which the Khan-el-Khalil, where auctions were held on Mondays and Thursdays, was the most famous.
John Frederick Lewis - A Cairo Bazaar, The Dellai Hermes 2009
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As for his father who owns a shop in one of the suqs of Baghdad, he says: My son Usamah has sharp intelligence, and works distinctively well in the shop that I own.
Friday, September 30, 2005 As'ad 2005
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His cynicism mellowed, or perhaps his compassion increased, Sabin bought a small palm-branch cross from a toothless crone and, with her blessings ringing in his ears, pinned it to his cloak and made his way back through the narrow streets and suqs of the city.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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It reminded him of the suqs at home; fresh meats and produce, flowers and trinkets.
Qwaider Planet 2008
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Lon-* gus sollemne anni epitheton. auccores suqs, quoa va # $7.
P. Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum libri VI. Ovid, Publius Ovidius Naso, Gottlieb Erdmann Gierig 1812
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