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
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
Hussainzada was already the subject of a 2009 documentary, also titled Afghan Star, but in Rock the Kasbah, she’s discovered in a cave by Bill Murray’s jaded rock promoter.
From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2016
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 Savory, Isabel
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