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qasbah

qasbah is the alternative spelling of casbah.

Meaning of casbah

Noun

casbah (plural casbahs)

  1. The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
  2. The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
    • The king called up his jet fighters / He said, "You better earn your pay / Drop your bombs between the minarets / Down the casbah way"1982, Joe Strummer, Rock the Casbah
  3. (slang) A person's house or flat/apartment.
    • He gave me an earth-shattering kiss and whispered, “Come to my casbah and let me ply you with cupcakes.” […] We made good time getting to his apartment.2021, Erin L. Jungdahl, Meet Cute Chihuahua

Forms of qasbah

pluralqasbahs

Questions about qasbah

What is qasbah the alternative spelling of?
Qasbah is the alternative spelling of casbah.

Words near qasbah in the dictionary

  1. QARs
  2. Qarshi
  3. QAS
  4. qasab
  5. qasabs
  6. qasbah
  7. qasbahs
  8. Qasem
  9. Qasems
  10. qasgiq
  11. qasgiqs

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