casbah
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkaz.bɑː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæz.bɑ/
Noun[edit]
casbah (plural casbahs)
- The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
- (by synecdoche) The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
- (slang) A person's house or flat/apartment.
- 2021, Erin L. Jungdahl, Meet Cute Chihuahua:
- He gave me an earth-shattering kiss and whispered, “Come to my casbah and let me ply you with cupcakes.” […] We made good time getting to his apartment.
Translations[edit]
the fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East
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French[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
casbah f (plural casbahs)
Further reading[edit]
- “casbah”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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