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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of northwest Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean south-southwest of Tangier. Founded by the Portuguese in the 1500s, it became a center of French influence in Africa after 1907. It is now Morocco's largest city.

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  • proper noun An ancient city in Morocco.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco

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From Spanish casa ("house") + blanca ("white") f. = "white house";

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