casbah

Cas·bah

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kaz-buh, -bah, kahz-]
- /ˈkæz bə, -bɑ, ˈkɑz-/
- /ˈkæs.bə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kaz-buh, -bah, kahz-]
- /ˈkæz bə, -bɑ, ˈkɑz-/

Definitions of casbah word

noun casbah the crowded quarter of Algiers, Algeria 3
noun casbah in N Africa, a fortress 3
noun casbah the old, crowded quarter of a N African city 3
noun casbah the older, native Arab quarter of a North African city, especially Algiers. 1
noun casbah The citadel of a North African city. 1
noun casbah The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East. 0

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Parts of speech for Casbah

noun

adjective

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adverb

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preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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casbah popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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