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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).
Pronunciation
Noun
casbah (plural casbahs)
- The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
- (by synecdoche) The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
1982, Joe Strummer, Rock the Casbah:The king called up his jet fighters / He said, "You better earn your pay / Drop your bombs between the minarets / Down the casbah way"
- (slang) A person's house or flat/apartment.
2021, Erin L. Jungdahl, Meet Cute Chihuahua:He gave me an earth-shattering kiss and whispered, “Come to my casbah and let me ply you with cupcakes.” […] We made good time getting to his apartment.
Translations
the fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).
Pronunciation
Noun
casbah f (plural casbahs)
- casbah
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