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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”

Example Sentences

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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

Looking at the current output, such as Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Rock the Kasbah and London Has Fallen, you could easily get the impression that Hollywood is part of the problem, rather than a potential solution.

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

But she had wished to be independent, and had chosen to go to the Hotel de la Kasbah.

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

It gave easy foothold to a climber, and Tom indulged a hope that the kasbah might prove to be in equally bad preservation.

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

Tom and his companion, picking their way with all caution through the dark, uneven, dirty passages that led from the kasbah to the outer wall, went out slowly.

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

It was not until the airship was hovering exactly over the flat roof of the kasbah that they knew, from shouts below, that the strange visitant had been observed.

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