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  Kasbah

  noun

  the older, Arab quarter of a North African city, especially Algiers.
• kasbah
  kasbah

  noun

  the citadel of any of various North African cities

Kasbah

American  

[kaz-buh, -bah, kahz-] / ˈkæz bə, -bɑ, ˈkɑz- /

Or Casbah

noun

1. the older, Arab quarter of a North African city, especially Algiers.

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kasbah British  

/ ˈkæzbɑː /

noun

1. the citadel of any of various North African cities

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

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Etymology

Origin of Kasbah

First recorded in 1730–40; from Arabic qaṣabah “citadel, fortress”

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Example Sentences

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In the city’s Kasbah, meanwhile, we encountered stomach-churning sights of another sort.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022

But from Garfield to Rock the Kasbah, nobody has ever really understood how Bill Murray chooses the work he takes.

From The Guardian ● May 25, 2018

It’s hard to walk or drive down Kasbah Drive or Minzah Way without being waved at, repeatedly.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2017

And you could also drive in the incomparable Atlas Mountains, where you could throw a bash at the Kasbah Tamadot luxury resort and its nomadic owner, Richard Branson.

From The Verge ● Mar. 8, 2016

Again at sunrise the big gun boomed from the Kasbah, the concussion shaking our ill-built room, and we woke once more.

From In the Tail of the Peacock by Isabel Savory

The overnight raid in the old city, or kasbah, of Nablus, was one of the deadliest in the West Bank in 2022 and comes at a time of escalating tensions.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2022

While she was there, she stumbled across a glorious kasbah in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, a 45-minute drive south of Marrakech.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2014

A long string of camels kept pace with us for a time on a parallel trail; then a douar came into sight, afterwards two saint-houses and a ruined kasbah.

From In the Tail of the Peacock by Isabel Savory

Before Frouga, one of our next camping-grounds, was reached, we passed a kasbah which six years ago was in the possession of a kaid, who may or may not be still alive, in prison.

From In the Tail of the Peacock by Isabel Savory

It gave easy foothold to a climber, and Tom indulged a hope that the kasbah might prove to be in equally bad preservation.

From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Herbert Strang

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