casbah

noun cas·bah \ ˈkaz-ˌbä , ˈkäz- \

variants: or Casbah or less commonly kasbah or Kasbah

Definition of casbah

1 : a North African castle or fortress

2 : the native section of a North African city

Recent Examples of casbah from the Web

The community’s salmon-pink palette was suggested by the rosy sandstone walls, and its hilltop clubhouse, introduced by a Middle Eastern-style water stair, was placed to overlook the villas like a casbah surveying so many riads.

— peter haldeman, New York Times, "California’s Marrakesh: A Country Club That’s Chic Again," 26 Apr. 2017

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