Etymology

Casablanca

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Today it means: The capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco. Full definition →

Spanish Casablanca ← Portuguese Casa Branca ← Arabic الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromالدَّار الْبَيْضَاء“the white home”
  2. Portuguese · borrowed fromCasa Branca
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromCasablanca
  4. English todayCasablanca

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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