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kasbah
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun kasbah has 1 sense
- kasbah(n = noun.location) casbah - an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located; Array is a kind of quarter
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kasbah, n. (also casbah)
1 the citadel of a N. African city.
2 an Arab quarter near this.
1 the citadel of a N. African city.
2 an Arab quarter near this.
Etymology
F casbah f. Arab. kas(a)ba citadel
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