Casablanca
English
Etymology
From Spanish Casablanca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kæsəˈblæŋkə/
Proper noun
Casablanca
- The largest city of Morocco.
- 1942, Julius J. Epstein; Philip G. Epstein; Howard Koch, Casablanca, spoken by Major Strasser:
- My dear Mademoiselle, perhaps you have already observed that in Casablanca, human life is cheap. Good night, Mademoiselle.
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Derived terms
- Casablancan
Translations
largest city of Morocco
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Czech
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- casablanský
Further reading
- Casablanca in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- Casablanca in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- Zeměpisná jména typu Casablanca a San Francisco, Naše řeč (1958)
French
Etymology
From Spanish Casablanca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.za.blɑ̃.ka/
Derived terms
- Casablancais m, Casablancaise f
- casablancais m, casablancaise f
- Casa (common name)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Casa Branca (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Casablanca, a calque of Portuguese Casa Branca.
Spanish
la Plaza de Muhammad V por la noche en Casablanca, Marruecos
Etymology
Calque of Portuguese Casa Branca, itself calqued from Arabic الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء (ad-dār al-bayḍāʔ, “the white house”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kasaˈblanka/ [ka.saˈβ̞lãŋ.ka]
- Rhymes: -anka
- Syllabification: Ca‧sa‧blan‧ca
Proper noun
Casablanca f
- Casablanca (a city in Morocco)
- Casablanca (a city in the province of Valparaíso, Chile)
Related terms
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