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casbah

cas·bah

UK/ˈkaz.bɑː/ US/ˈkæz.bɑ/ rare slang

noun

1.

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

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Origin

Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).

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