Casablanca

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

noun

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

Casablanca

/ ˌkæsəˈblæŋkə /

noun

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

Casablanca

¹

1. 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.

Casablanca

²

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

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.”

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

Example Sentences

“We were now on a list of films that included ‘Citizen Kane,’ ‘Casablanca,’ ‘On the Waterfront,’ and ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’ ” Mr. Reiner writes.

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The day before, that friend had been sending her videos from a demonstration in Casablanca that she was taking part in and Ms Belhassan was immediately uploading them onto her social media accounts.

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Protests have also hit the capital, Rabat, the main commercial city, Casablanca, and the port city of Tangier - often the arrival point for tourists going to Morocco by ferry from Spain.

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Han titled her third book, “We’ll Always Have Summer,” after the famous line from 1942’s “Casablanca,” and pitched Paris early on to Amazon Studios.

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“If you look at movies like ‘The Sound of Music,’ or ‘Casablanca’ or ‘12 Angry Men,’ all those were broad, incredible stories that touched the lives of tens, if not hundreds, of millions of people.

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