Meaning & use
Casbah
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The old, fortified quarter or citadel of a North African city, typically with narrow winding streets.
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Tourists wandered through the casbah's maze of alleys and market stalls.
The casbah of Algiers is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Borrowed from Arabic "qasbah," meaning fortress, and often spelled "kasbah" as well, most famously in the phrase "rock the casbah."
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