Meaning

3 senses

  1. The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East.

    ка́сбаkásba

  2. The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East.

  3. (slang)A person's house or flat/apartment.

More definitions
  • an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located

Examples

7 sentences

  1. The Casbah is Algiers' historical center.

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  2. The Casbah is part of Algiers's cultural heritage.

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  3. The Casbah is a historical district of Algiers.

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  4. Algiers has an old town known as the Casbah.

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  5. The Casbah of Algiers is the oldest neighborhood in the city.

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
the fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East:

Origin

Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).

Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).

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Forms

plural: casbahs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located:kasbah

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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