Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

casablanca

/kæsəˈblæŋkə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables: casablan-ca
IPA: /kæsəˈblæŋkə/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Example Sentences

"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”).

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: Casa Branca, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء

Derived Forms

Casablancan

Rhymes With

lanka franca salamanca banca sanka villafranca manka maslanka

Questions

How do you pronounce casablanca?: The recorded pronunciation is /kæsəˈblæŋkə/.
What does casablanca mean?: The capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco.
Where does casablanca come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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