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Kas·bah

(kăz′bä′, käz′-)

Variant of Casbah.

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kasbah

(ˈkæzbɑː) or

casbah

n (sometimes capital)

1. (Architecture) the citadel of any of various North African cities

2. the quarter in which a kasbah is located. Compare medina

[from Arabic qaṣba citadel]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Kas•bah

or Cas•bah

(ˈkæz bɑ, ˈkɑz-)

n.

the older, native Arab quarter of a North African city, esp. Algiers.

[< Arabic qaṣabah citadel]

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Noun

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

casbah

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

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kasbah

[ˈkæzbɑː] N → casba(h) f

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kasbah

[ˈkæzbɑː] n → casba

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