Casablanca
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la Plaza de Muhammad V por la noche en Casablanca, Marruecos
English
Etymology
From Spanish Casablanca.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Casablanca
- The capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
- 1942, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Casablanca, spoken by Major Strasser:
- My dear Mademoiselle, perhaps you have already observed that in Casablanca, human life is cheap. Good night, Mademoiselle.
Derived terms
Translations
city of Morocco
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Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Casablanca f (relational adjective casablanský)
- Casablanca (the capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco)
Declension
Declension of Casablanca (sg-only hard feminine)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Casablanca |
| genitive | Casablancy, Casablanky |
| dative | Casablance |
| accusative | Casablancu, Casablanku |
| vocative | Casablanco, Casablanko |
| locative | Casablance |
| instrumental | Casablancou, Casablankou |
Further reading
- “Casablanca”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Casablanca”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- Zeměpisná jména typu Casablanca a San Francisco, Naše řeč (1958)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Casablanca.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Casablanca f
- Casablanca (the capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco)
Derived terms
- Casablancais m, Casablancaise f
- casablancais m, casablancaise f
- Casa (common name)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Casablanca, a calque of Portuguese Casa Branca.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ca‧sa‧blan‧ca
Proper noun
Casablanca f
- Casablanca (the capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco)
Spanish
Etymology
Calque of Portuguese Casa Branca, itself calqued from Arabic الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء (ad-dār al-bayḍāʔ, “the white home”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Casablanca f
- Casablanca (the capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco)
- Casablanca (a city in the province of Valparaíso, Chile)
- (historical) A department of Chile