Casablanca
English
Etymology
From Spanish casa (“house”) + blanca f (“white”).
Literally, "white house".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kæsəˈblæŋkə/
Proper noun
Casablanca
- A city in Morocco.
Derived terms
- Casablancan
Translations
city
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Czech
Proper noun
Casablanca f
Derived terms
- casablanský
Further reading
- Casablanca in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- Casablanca in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- Zeměpisná jména typu Casablanca a San Francisco, Naše řeč (1958)
Portuguese
Proper noun
Casablanca f
- Casablanca (a city in Morocco)
Synonyms
- Casa Branca (obsolete)
Spanish
Etymology
Loan translation of Arabic الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء (ad-dār al-bayḍāʾ, “the white house”), therefore related to dársena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ka̠.sa̠ˈβ̞la̠ŋ.ka̠]
Proper noun
Casablanca f
- Casablanca (city in Morocco)
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