[ 'kazbα: ]
(also casbah )
■ noun a North African citadel.
↘the area surrounding a citadel.
Origin
C18: from Fr. casbah , from Arab. ḳaṛaba 'citadel'.
KASBAH
Meaning of KASBAH in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004