Casablanca

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Casablanca

  • /kæsəˈblæŋkə/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Casablanca, a calque of Portuguese Casa Branca, itself calqued from Arabic الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء (ad-dār al-bayḍāʔ, “the white home”).

proper noun

  1. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: morocco, byelorussia, eldar, white, here, marrakech, rabat, agadir, oujda, meknes, salé, sidi kacem, el aaiún, bouarfa, essaouira, larache

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name city of Morocco

EspañolCasablanca
한국어카사블랑카 Kasabeullangka
日本語カサブランカ Kasaburanka
中文達爾貝達 /达尔贝达 Dá'ěr-Bèidá, 卡薩布蘭卡 /卡萨布兰卡 Kǎsàbùlánkǎ
हिन्दीकासाब्लांका kāsāblāṅkā
PortuguêsCasablanca
FrançaisCasablanca
DeutschCasablanca
ItalianoCasablanca
ΕλληνικάΚαζαμπλάνκα Kazamplánka
RomânăCasablanca
РусскийКасабла́нка Kasablánka
Tiếng ViệtCasablanca
العربيةالدَّار الْبَيْضَاء ad-dār al-bayḍāʔ, كَازَابْلَانْكَا kāzāblānkā
עבריתקזבלנקה

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BibTeX
@misc{casablanca_2026,
  title = {Casablanca},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/casablanca},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}