Casablanca

[ kas-uh-blang-kuh, kah-suh-blahng-kuh ]

noun
  1. a seaport in NW Morocco: wartime conference of Roosevelt and Churchill, January, 1943.

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How to use Casablanca in a sentence

  • The Marquis de Casablanca had stopped play entirely, perhaps in the hope of setting his patron a wise example.

    The Guests Of Hercules | C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
  • "All day, ma'am," said the office-boy, with the manner of a Casablanca.

    The Adventures of Sally | P. G. Wodehouse
  • Both feared they were lost, and not even headed toward Casablanca.

    Dave Dawson at Casablanca | Robert Sydney Bowen
  • In a daze he looked about and saw that he was rolling along the Casablanca field.

    Dave Dawson at Casablanca | Robert Sydney Bowen
  • They would never fly to Casablanca, or to any other place, for that matter.

    Dave Dawson at Casablanca | Robert Sydney Bowen

British Dictionary definitions for Casablanca

Casablanca

/ (ˌkæsəˈblæŋkə) /


noun
  1. a port in NW Morocco, on the Atlantic: largest city in the country; industrial centre. Pop: 3 523 000 (2003)

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Cultural definitions for Casablanca (1 of 2)

Casablanca

A romantic war adventure film from 1942, in which Humphrey Bogart plays a nightclub owner in Casablanca, Morocco, and Ingrid Bergman plays his former lover.

Notes for Casablanca

Casablanca has a classic blend of love interest and international intrigue, and many lines from it are extremely familiar: “Here's looking at you, kid” (Bogart's toast to Bergman), and “Play it once, Sam — for old time's sake.... Play ‘As Time Goes By’” (Bergman's request to the pianist in Bogart's club), which is often misquoted as “Play it again, Sam.”
Casablanca

Largest city in Morocco. It is a port on the Atlantic Ocean.

Notes for Casablanca

The city was the setting of Casablanca, a 1943 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

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