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Casbah

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Cas·bah also Kas·bah  (kzbä, käz-)
n.
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]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) (sometimes capital) a variant spelling of kasbah
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Noun1.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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