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- noun The
fortress in acity inNorth Africa or theMiddle East . - noun by synecdoche The
medina , the older part of acity inNorth Africa or theMiddle East .
Etymologies
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Examples
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On Jan. 23, crowds gathered outside the colonnaded courthouse, along a sylvan street in Tunisia's old town, known as the casbah.
NYT > Home Page By ANTHONY SHADID 2012
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Come with me to the casbah and we will make beautiful music.
Think Progress » Rubio raises Terri Schiavo case in an attack on Crist. 2010
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TUNIS - At the entrance to the warren-like casbah here, the 1,000-plus young Tunisians staging a sit-in are worried.
Tunisia, site of the first Arab revolt, seeks a way forward 2011
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But it remains unclear whether his pledges will go far enough to please those occupying the entrance to the casbah, as well as other young Tunisians now heady with freedom and a realization of their power to effect change.
Tunisia, site of the first Arab revolt, seeks a way forward 2011
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Its namesake dish, cuscus alla Trapanese, is a tagine-like couscous served with seafood soup, prawns and monkfish, and its historic center features tightly packed streets that were once surrounded by the casbah walls.
Monique Stringfellow: Sicily's Wild Western Coast Monique Stringfellow 2011
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But it remains unclear whether his pledges will go far enough to please those occupying the entrance to the casbah, as well as other young Tunisians now heady with freedom and a realization of their power to effect change.
Tunisia, site of the first Arab revolt, seeks a way forward 2011
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TUNIS - At the entrance to the warren-like casbah here, the 1,000-plus young Tunisians staging a sit-in are worried.
Tunisia, site of the first Arab revolt, seeks a way forward 2011
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Over the course of 21/2 hours, the Chicago director converts Arena Stage's in-the-round space, the Fichandler, into a storytelling casbah, in which the wares are all proffered to meet the universal demand for fables.
Weaving a web of seductive stories Peter Marks 2011
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Once I'm inside a culinary casbah, I'm on the lookout for spices I've never tried before, because I love to cook and to experiment with new flavors.
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Once I'm inside a culinary casbah, I'm on the lookout for spices I've never tried before, because I love to cook and to experiment with new flavors.
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