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Meaning of Casbah | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkaz.bɑː

Definitions

  1. The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
  2. The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
  3. A person's house or flat/apartment.

Equivalents

العربية القصبة قصبة
Bosanski kasaba
Français casbah
Hrvatski kasaba
日本語 カスバ
Polski kazba
Српски kasaba
Türkçe kasaba

Examples

“The king called up his jet fighters / He said, "You better earn your pay / Drop your bombs between the minarets / Down the casbah way"”
“He gave me an earth-shattering kiss and whispered, “Come to my casbah and let me ply you with cupcakes.” […] We made good time getting to his apartment.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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