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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with English casbah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /alkaˈθaba/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alkaˈsaba/
- Rhymes: -aba
- Syllabification: al‧ca‧za‧ba
Noun
alcazaba f (plural alcazabas)
- a Moorish fortress within or beside a walled city
2012, Isabel San Sebastián, Un Reino lejano, Random House Mondadori, page 210:no se transforma una alcazaba en castillo ni una mezquita en catedral para luego dejarla en manos del pueblo que crucificó a Cristo…- one doesn’t turn a Moorish fortress into a castle, nor a mosque into a cathedral, only to leave it in the hands of the people that crucified Christ…
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