Kasbah

American  

[kaz-buh, -bah, kahz-] / ˈkæz bə, -bɑ, ˈkɑz- /

Or Casbah

noun

1. the older, Arab quarter of a North African city, especially Algiers.

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kasbah British  

/ ˈkæzbɑː /

noun

1. the citadel of any of various North African cities

2. the quarter in which a kasbah is located Compare medina

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Etymology

Origin of Kasbah

First recorded in 1730–40; from Arabic qaṣabah “citadel, fortress”

Example Sentences

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

Angéle was Algerian French, evidently of mixed parentage, like all those in the Hotel de la Kasbah who were not Arabs.

From The Golden Silence by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)