the citadel of any of various North African cities
the quarter in which a kasbah is located Compare medina
First recorded in 1730–40; from Arabic qaṣabah “citadel, fortress”
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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
Secret inquiries at the Hotel de la Kasbah elicited answers, unvaryingly the same.
From The Golden Silence by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
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
But the most serious consideration of all was that of time: it would not be possible to get into treaty with any one inside the kasbah before Salathiel ben Ezra appeared on the scene.
From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Strang, Herbert
“They’ll collar us and hold us to ransom—perhaps we’ll all find ourselves before long in the kasbah of Ain Afroo.”
From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Strang, Herbert
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 Savory, Isabel
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