Casablanca
pronunciation
How to pronounce Casablanca in British English:
UK [ˌkæsəˈblæŋkə]
How to pronounce Casablanca in American English:
US [ˌkæsəˈblæŋkə, ˌkɑsəˈblɑŋkə]
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- Noun:
- a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco
Word Origin
- Casablanca
- city in Morocco, Spanish, literally "white house" (see casino, blank (adj.)).
Example
- 1. With more than four million inhabitants , casablanca is the industrial and financial center of morocco .
- 2. A combination of roman , islamic and european influences can still be seen in phenomenal cities such as marrakesh , casablanca and tangier .
- 3. It said this year it had started work on a project to link the port city of tangier to casablanca , 750km away , aiming to complete work by 2015 .
- 4. Hong kong was once seen as a casablanca of the east in terms of espionage due to its free-wheeling entrepot status under british rule .
- 5. And amu officials have agreed to set up a maghreb customs co-operation council with headquarters in algiers and a training centre in morocco 's commercial capital , casablanca .