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Casablanca

ca·sab·lanca

UK/kæsəˈblæŋkə/ US/ˌkæsʌˈblæŋkʌ/ uncommon

noun

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a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish Casablanca, a calque of Portuguese Casa Branca, itself calqued from Arabic الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء (ad-dār al-bayḍāʔ, “the white home”).

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