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Cas·bah
also Kas·bah (kăz′bä′, käz′-)n.
1. A castle or palace in northern Africa.
2. often casbah The older section of a city in northern Africa or the Middle East.
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casbah
(ˈkæzbɑː)n
(Architecture) (sometimes capital) a variant spelling of kasbah
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Kas•bah
or Cas•bah
(ˈkæz bɑ, ˈkɑz-)n.
the older, native Arab quarter of a North African city, esp. Algiers.
[< Arabic qaṣabah citadel]
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Noun | 1. | casbah - an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located quarter - a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter" |
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