casbah
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The twins were just shy of 2 years old in 1957 when French troops seized Asselah, then 33, at the doctor’s office where he worked in the casbah of Algiers.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2021
In that masterwork of ripped-from-the-headlines realism, Morricone’s terse, electrifying percussion seems to merge with the pounding footfalls of soldiers marching up and down the steps of the casbah.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2020
Outside his window lies a whirl of cheap goods, dingy liquor stores and panhandlers, but Mr. Parker is tranquil, his apartment a luminous casbah of exotic décor.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2015
Clashes broke out on Wednesday near government offices in the old city, or casbah.
From Reuters ● Jan. 27, 2011
The building is now called the casbah, and used as a large barrack; outside are the Moorish houses, and the chief part of the Moorish population.
From Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia by W. G. Windham
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