Kasbah
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
kasbah /ˈkazbɑː/ (also casbah)
▶noun a North African citadel.
■ the area surrounding a citadel.
– origin C18: from Fr. casbah, from Arab. ḳaṣaba ‘citadel’.
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