الدار البيضا
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Moroccan Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
دار (dār, “house”) + بيضا (bayḍa, “white”): a calque of the original Portuguese name Casa Branca ("White House"), changed to Casablanca when the Spanish assumed control of the city.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
الدار البَيْضا or الدار البِيضا • (ed-dār el-bayḍa or ed-dār el-bīḍa) f
- Casablanca (the capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco)
- Synonyms: كازابلانكا (kāzablanka), كازا (kāza)
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- Moroccan Arabic terms calqued from Portuguese
- Moroccan Arabic terms derived from Portuguese
- Moroccan Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Moroccan Arabic lemmas
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- Moroccan Arabic multiword terms
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- ary:Cities in Casablanca-Settat
- ary:Cities in Morocco
- ary:Regional capitals of Morocco
- ary:Places in Casablanca-Settat
- ary:Places in Morocco