casbah

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة‎ (qaṣaba).

Noun

casbah (plural casbahs)

The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
(by synecdoche) The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East.

Translations

the fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East

Japanese: カスバ (kasuba)
Norwegian: festning m

Portuguese: casbá f

Anagrams

Bachas, bachas

French

Alternative forms

kasbah

Etymology

From Arabic قَصَبَة‎ (qaṣaba)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kas.ba/

Noun

casbah f (plural casbahs)

casbah

Further reading

“casbah” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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