Meaning of "kasbah" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KASBAH

From Arabic qaṣba citadel.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF KASBAH

kasbah  [ˈkæzbɑː]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KASBAH

Kasbah is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KASBAH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kasbah

A kasbah or in older English casbah, in India a qasbah or qassabah is a type of medina, Islamic city, or fortress. It was a place for the local leader to live and a defense when a city was under attack. A kasbah has high walls, usually without windows. Sometimes, they were built on hilltops so that they could be more easily defended. Some were placed near the entrance to harbors. Having a kasbah built was a sign of wealth of some families in the city. Almost all cities had their kasbah, this building being something necessary for the city to survive. When colonization started in 1830, in northern Algeria, there were a great number of kasbahs that lasted for more than 100 years. The word kasbah may also be used to describe the old part of a city, in which case it has the same meaning as a medina quarter. The Spanish word alcazaba is a cognate naming the equivalent building in Andalusia or Moorish Spain. In Portuguese, it evolved into the word alcáçova. In Turkish and Urdu the word kasaba refers to a settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city; in short, a town.

Definition of kasbah in the English dictionary

The definition of kasbah in the dictionary is the citadel of any of various North African cities.

TRANSLATION OF KASBAH

Find out the translation of kasbah to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of kasbah from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kasbah» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 古堡
• Translator English - Spanish: kasbah
• English: kasbah
• Translator English - Hindi: Kasbah
• Translator English - Arabic: القصبة
• Translator English - Russian: Касба
• Translator English - Portuguese: kasbah
• Translator English - Bengali: kasbah
• Translator English - French: kasbah
• Translator English - Malay: Kasbah
• Translator English - German: Kasbah
• Translator English - Japanese: カスバ
• Translator English - Korean: 카스바
• Translator English - Javanese: Kasbah
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Kasbah
• Translator English - Tamil: கஸாப்
• Translator English - Marathi: कास्बा
• Translator English - Turkish: kasbah
• Translator English - Italian: kasbah
• Translator English - Polish: Kasbah
• Translator English - Ukrainian: касба
• Translator English - Romanian: Kasbah
• Translator English - Greek: Κάσμπα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Kasbah
• Translator English - Swedish: kasbah
• Translator English - Norwegian: kasbah

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KASBAH»

Discover the use of kasbah in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kasbah and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from My Morroccan Kitchen

Explains the rituals of the Moroccan table, describes the basic techniques of Moroccan cooking, and presents recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, and desserts

Kitty Morse, 1998

Rebels of the Kasbah

From the corrupt slave trade of Tangier, to the wild frontier of the Moroccan desert; into the heart of ancient China, and onto the pirated seas of the Mediterranean; "Rebels of the Kasbah" is an exhilarating tale of adventure, daring, ...

Joe O'Neill, Bedelia Walton, 2012

Quest For The Kasbah

In this companion book to the PBS special Morocco: Quest for the Kasbah, renowned explorer and Adventures with Purpose host Richard Bangs explores the concept of the Kasbah—a fortress, a safe haven, and a place to exchange ideas with ...

Richard Bangs, 2009

Up the Kasbah

Why. the. title. “Up. the. Kasbah”? Well, as you know the Kasbah was the highest part of most of the old cities in North Africa, so we can imagine ourselves looking down at those gay expats and holiday-makers in the lower part of the town and ...

Tony Walton

Coastal Tectonics

A coastal step-like morphology with four main benches (Q| Q4) crosses the Ait Lamine Kasbah anticlines. 10km north of Agadir. U-Th dating of 12 fossil samples (mainly molluscs) yields two main groups of ages for marine terraces Q4 and Qi ...

Iain S. Stewart, Claudio Vita-Finzi, 1998

Tuesday Night at the Kasbah

When Judy Blackwell joins a belly dancing class, she is only looking for a distraction from her empty marriage and emptying nest.

Patricia Kitchin, 2007

Pacification in Algeria, 1956-1958

The terrorists used the Kasbah as their normal refuge. Most of the Kasbah exits had long been obstructed with barbed-wire fences, a simple measure which reduced somewhat the frequency of terrorist attempts on the other side of town, but not ...

David Galula, 2002

Information Technology in Supplier Networks: A Theoretical ...

introduce the concept of two multi-agent systems: Kasbah and Tete-a-tete. While Kasbah is an example of an approach to automate bilateral negotiations in a decentralized market62 considering only the dimension of price, in Tete-a-tete ...

Sascha Weber, 2001

Cool hotels ecological

Kasbah. du. Toubkal. '':- □ Address: Kasbah du Toubkal, BP 31, Imlil, Asni, Marrakech, Morocco Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Website: www.kasbahdutoubkal.com e-mail: ...

Patricia Massó, 2006

Francophone Voices

Chapter. 1. 1. COLONIAL. AND. POST-COLONIAL. ART. HISTORY. THE. KASBAH. OF. MARRAKECH. Peter Dyer Le regard ecoute. Dans les pays du Sud , il se met a 1' ecoute de la clameur populaire. Voir, c'est entendre, c'est toucher, c'est ...

Kamal Salhi, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KASBAH»

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Shot in the back | Editorial | Saudi Gazette

Mohamed Al-Kasbah, 17, threw a stone at an Israeli army vehicle near the main military checkpoint in the West Bank city of Ramallah, breaking ... «Saudi Gazette, Jul 15»

SDCC | Bill Murray 'Rocks the Kasbah' with Surprise Hall H …

kasbah-social. The first Hall H panel of 2015's Comic-Con International held a huge surprise for those fans who had waited many hours in long ... «Comic Book Resources, Jul 15»

Bruce Willis Has New Co-Stars Tyga, David Arquette & Victor Ortiz …

Rock the Kasbah, according to IMDB, follows "A down-on-his-luck music manager [who] discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice ... «Mstarz, Jul 15»

Double trouble as Jedward announce appearance - Hinckley Times

Flamboyant twins Jedward are to help students get the party started on A-level results night. The Irish duo are set to crash into the Kasbah in ... «Hinckley Times, Jul 15»

Bill Murray makes grand Comic-Con 2015 'Rock the Kasbah' entrance

Watch Bill Murray defend Miley Cyrus and his new film, "Rock the Kasbah" at Comic-Con 2015 in Hall H with 6,500 cheering fans. You also see ... «Examiner.com, Jul 15»

Inner Cabinet Meeting to Examine Deep Water Port Project of Enfidha

Tunis — An inner cabinet held, Wednesday in the government palace in Kasbah under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Habib Essid, was ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

Jedward to appear at Kasbah nightclub for A-Levels results party

The duo will appear at Kasbah nightclub for one night only, with Coventry residents getting the chance to meet and greet the singers as ... «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»

Buddhist lama from Bhutan to visit Ashland

Rinpoche is slated for a Full Moon Fire Ceremony and potluck at Jackson Wellsprings Kasbah earlier on July 31. The fire ceremony, said ... «Mail Tribune, Jul 15»

Video Footage Reveals Palestinian Teen Who Posed “Immediate …

Al-Kasbah was then taken to a public hospital in Ramallah. ... opened fire, it does counter the claim of threat to life because al-Kasbah and the ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»

The 10 Best Things Bill Murray Said at Comic-Con

Glazer likened Bill Murray's Rock the Kasbah character, aging rock manager Richie Lanz, to his old recurring “SNL” role as Jerry Aldini. «ComingSoon.net, Jul 15»