casbah

noun

1. Kasbah.

noun

1. the older, native Arab quarter of a North African city, especially Algiers.

noun

1. (sometimes capital) a variant spelling of kasbah

noun (sometimes capital)

1. the citadel of any of various North African cities
2. the quarter in which a kasbah is locatedCompare medina

n.

1738, from French casbah, from North African Arabic dialect kasba “fortress.”

n.

see casbah.