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casbah definition

cas·bah (käz′bä′, kaz′-)

noun

  1. in N Africa, a fortress
  2. the old, crowded quarter of a N African city

Etymology: Fr < Ar dial. qaṣba, for qaṣaba, fortress

Casbah definition

Cas·bah (käz′bä′, kaz′-)

the crowded quarter of Algiers, Algeria

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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