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Where does “casbah” come from?

casbah (French) comes from Arabic قَصَبَة — cane, reed.

casbah (French): casbah

Definitions

  1. casbah

Ancestry of “casbah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقَصَبَةcane, reed

Words derived from “casbah”

  • カスバ
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