KASBAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kasbah mean? 

• KASBAH (noun)
  The noun KASBAH has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• KASBAH (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 ("kasbah" is a kind of...):

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