Casbah

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Cas·bah also Kas·bah (k

bä

, käz

1. A castle or palace in northern Africa.

2. often casbah The older section of a city in northern Africa or the Middle East.

[French, from Arabic dialectal qaba, from Arabic qaaba, to cut up; see qb in Semitic roots.]

casbah [ˈkæzbɑː]

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) (sometimes capital) a variant spelling of kasbah

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casbah - an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located

kasbah

quarter - a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"

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