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–noun
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souk or suq    Audio Help   (sōōk, shōōk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A market, or part of a market, in an Arab city.


[Arabic sūq, from Aramaic šuqā, street, market, from Akkadian sūqu, street, from sâqu, to be narrow; see yq in Semitic roots.]

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souk 
Arab bazaar, 1826, from Arabic suq "marketplace."

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