Ksar el-Kebir

proper noun

A city in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco.

OriginFrench Ksar el Kébir ← Moroccan Arabic القصر الكبير ← Arabic القَصْر الكَبِير →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco.

Origin

  1. Arabicالقَصْر الكَبِير
  2. Moroccan Arabicالقصر الكبير
  3. FrenchKsar el Kébir
  4. EnglishKsar el-Kebir

Borrowed from French Ksar el Kébir, from Moroccan Arabic القصر الكبير (le-qṣar le-kbīr), from Arabic القَصْر الكَبِير (al-qaṣr al-kabīr).

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Translations

Arabic القَصْر الكَبِير
  • القَصْر الكَبِير (al-qaṣr al-kabīr)city
French Ksar el Kébir, Ksar el-Kébir
  • Ksar el Kébircity
  • Ksar el-Kébircity
Portuguese Alcácer-Quibir
  • Alcácer-Quibircity
Spanish Alcazarquivir
  • Alcazarquivircity
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APA

Ksar el-Kebir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ksar%20el-Kebir

MLA

“Ksar el-Kebir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ksar%20el-Kebir. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ksar el-Kebir,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ksar%20el-Kebir.

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