Casablanca

proper nounattested in dialogue

//kæsəˈblæŋkə//

The capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco.

proper noun

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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.
We see documentary footage (the trudging homeless) and an animated map—an inky line movies from Paris to Marseilles, from there to Oran, and finally to Casablanca, where the lucky ones escape via Lisbon and the rest “wait…and wait…and wait.”

Etymology

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

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Casablanca · The capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco.

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