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Discover LudwigThe word "souk" is correct and usable in written English.
A souk is an open-air marketplace, typically found in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Maghreb. As an example, you could write: "The vibrant colors of the spices, rugs, and other goods in the souk were unlike anything I had seen before."
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"A souk," Ms. Goodman added.
It is a souk, a bazaar.
Or the accent evocative of an afternoon in a souk.
ENVIRONMENT Bright and brash, Colette can often feel like a souk.
"It's not just a souk and shops, but it's our soul, too".
Offices and departments are arranged along an internal "street," evoking a souk, or bazaar.
Now they are using this place as a souk; it is shameful".
People used to complain that Frieze was getting like a souk".
Can we revive the feeling of a souk and lose the big-box store feel?
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Art et Sud (13, rue Breteuil; 33-4-91-33-44-14; www.arthatud.com) isellsolorful boutique that sells mosaics by craftsmen from Fez. La Palme d'Or (16, rue d'Aubagne; 33-4-31-33-10-22) is a souk-style stall packed with spices from all over North Africa, silver tea pots from Morocco and many tall water pipes.
A rich couple are ushered in and within seconds buy a bauble that would cost Hussein several years' earnings, while he is patronisingly told to visit a 'gold souk' in a working-class part of town.
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