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CASBAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does casbah mean? 

CASBAH (noun)
  The noun CASBAH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CASBAH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CASBAH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

casbah; kasbah

Hypernyms ("casbah" is a kind of...):

quarter (a district of a city having some distinguishing character)


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