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  • proper noun A city in northern Israel.

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Examples

  • Safed is a town of considerable size, and surrounded by beautiful gardens.

    The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897

  • 'For,' said he, 'Safed is my eldest brother, and if anybody can do what you want, he will.

    Tales of the Punjab 1894

  • Yiftach Brigade in the battle for Safed, which is now mounted in Davidka Square in that city, and the one mounted in Jerusalem's Davidka Square, which has a shell still attached, memorializing the Harel Brigade's participation in the battle for Jerusalem.

    Elder of Ziyon 2010

  • Once known as Safed Gully (White Lane) on account of the European prostitutes that it housed during the British Raj, Shuklaji Street was the place where, for years on end, one could find sex workers plying their trade.

    The Times of India 2009

  • Cursetji Shuklaji Street in Kamathipura was called Safed Gully as it was home to European prostitutes.

    The Times of India 2009

  • Once known as Safed Gully (White Lane) on account of the European prostitutes that it housed during the British Raj, Shuklaji Street was the place where, for years on end, one could find sex workers plying their trade.

    The Times of India 2009

  • Cursetji Shuklaji Street in Kamathipura was called Safed Gully as it was home to European prostitutes.

    The Times of India 2009

  • If two weeks ago only lunatics such as Safed Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu spoke about 'wiping out every village where a Katyusha is fired,' now a senior officer in the IDF speaks that way in

    newmatilda.com - Comments 2009

  • This is the man who, in honor of Shimon bar Yohai, this other saint and master, the probable author of the Hidden Book, the Zohar, created one of the most beautiful institutes of Jewish studies in Israel, and the world, on Mount Meron, the highest mountain in Israel, near Safed.

    Bernard-Henri Lévy: A Tribute to Edmond Safra Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011

  • This is the man who, in honor of Shimon bar Yohai, this other saint and master, the probable author of the Hidden Book, the Zohar, created one of the most beautiful institutes of Jewish studies in Israel, and the world, on Mount Meron, the highest mountain in Israel, near Safed.

    Bernard-Henri Lévy: A Tribute to Edmond Safra Bernard-Henri Lévy 2011

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