Weird Word Wednesday

casbahnoun  cas·bah  \ˈkaz-ˌbä, ˈkäz-\Definition of casbahPopularity: Bottom 30% of words1:  a North African castle or fortress2:  the native section of a North African city
Variants of casbahalso kas·bah \ˈkaz-ˌbä, ˈkäz-\Origin of casbahFrench, from Arabic dialect qaṣba

First Known Use: 1844


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