Casablanca
/kæsəˈblæŋkə/
Casablanca proper noun: the capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco.
Proper noun
Casablanca
- The capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco.
- My dear Mademoiselle, perhaps you have already observed that in Casablanca, human life is cheap. Good night, Mademoiselle.1942, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Casablanca, spoken by Major Strasser
- We see documentary footage (the trudging homeless) and an animated map—an inky line movies from Paris to Marseilles, from there to Oran, and finally to Casablanca, where the lucky ones escape via Lisbon and the rest “wait…and wait…and wait.”2012 March 19, David Denby, “Everybody Comes to Rick’s: “Casablanca” on the Big Screen”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2024
Casablanca meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
Casablanca in Hindi
- city of Morocco
- कासाब्लांका kāsāblāṅkā
Casablanca in Marathi
- city of Morocco
- कासाब्लांका kāsāblāṅkā
Casablanca in Urdu
- city of Morocco
- دار البیضاء dar-ul-baizā
Casablanca in Bengali
- city of Morocco
- কাসাব্লাঙ্কা kaśablaṅka, দারুল বয়জা darul boẏja
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- Casablanca in Arabic
- الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء ad-dār al-bayḍāʔ, كَازَابْلَانْكَا kāzāblānkā
- Casablanca in Persian
- کازابلانکا kâzâblânkâ, دارالبیضاء
- Casablanca in Thai
- กาซาบลังกา gaa-saa blang-gaa
- Casablanca in Vietnamese
- Casablanca
Origin of Casablanca
Borrowed from Spanish Casablanca, a calque of Portuguese Casa Branca, itself calqued from Arabic الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء (ad-dār al-bayḍāʔ, “the white home”).
Words formed from Casablanca
- Casablancan
Questions about Casablanca
- What does Casablanca mean?
- Casablanca means the capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco.
- What is Casablanca in Hindi?
- Casablanca in Hindi is कासाब्लांका (kāsāblāṅkā). See Casablanca meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Casablanca?
- Casablanca is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Casablanca?
- Casablanca is pronounced /kæsəˈblæŋkə/.
Words near Casablanca in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Casablanca (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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