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  Kasbah

  noun

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

  noun

  the citadel of any of various North African cities

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”

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Example Sentences

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In the 1970s, when this now-abandoned cliff-face promenade still permitted visitors to explore the natural arches and balconies down in the gorge, Constantine boasted 20 hotels in its Kasbah alone.

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

"We might explore the Kasbah for an hour, and call again, to inquire."

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

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 Herbert Strang

There, leaning against one of the stout columns, within the black darkness of the Moorish arch, Tom scanned the kasbah, looming white in the moonlight, and meditated.

From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Herbert Strang

So in the deserted walls of the kasbah we passed the night.

From In the Tail of the Peacock by Isabel Savory

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