Noun:

கஸாப்,

kasbah's Usage Examples:

kasbahs dotted throughout.

The Spaniards during their occupancy of Tunis strengthened the kasbah and built an aqueduct to supply it with water.

The kasbah forms the apex of a triangle of which the quays form the base.

As the name suggests you will pass many kasbahs which were once the fortified houses of Berber warlords.

In the centre of the oasis is the old kasbah or citadel.

The town consists of a European quarter, with streets regularly laid out and fine houses, and the Arab town, with its kasbah or citadel, and tower-flanked walls pierced by three gates.

Besides being a fortress the kasbah formerly contained a palace of the beys, barracks for janissaries and bagnios for the Christian slaves.

The road also passes small settlements and villages, as well as the many very impressive kasbahs and ksour.

The kasbah was begun in 1516 on the site of an older building, and served as the palace of the deys until the French conquest.

The city consists of two parts; the modern French town, built on the level ground by the seashore, and the ancient city of the deys, which climbs the steep hill behind the modern town and is crowned by the kasbah or citadel, 400 ft.

attacked Tunis, the Christians in the kasbah, said to number 10,000, rose against their keepers and helped to secure the victory of the emperor.

Synonyms:

quarter, casbah,

Antonyms:

front, multiply,