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Where does “Kasaba” come from?

Kasaba (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قصبه, from Arabic قَصَبَة — cane, reed.

Kasaba (Turkish): town

Definitions

  1. town

Ancestry of “Kasaba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقصبهtown, borough
2Arabicقَصَبَةcane, reed
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