Casablanca
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish Casablanca.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Casablanca
- The capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, 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.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
city of Morocco
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Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Casablanca f (related adjective casablanský)
- Casablanca (the capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco)
Declension edit
Declension of Casablanca (sg-only hard feminine)
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nominative | Casablanca |
genitive | Casablancy, Casablanky |
dative | Casablance |
accusative | Casablancu, Casablanku |
vocative | Casablanco, Casablanko |
locative | Casablance |
instrumental | Casablancou, Casablankou |
Further reading edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Casablanca.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Casablanca f
- Casablanca (the capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco)
Derived terms edit
- Casablancais m, Casablancaise f
- casablancais m, casablancaise f
- Casa (common name)
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Casablanca, a calque of Portuguese Casa Branca.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Ca‧sa‧blan‧ca
Proper noun edit
Casablanca f
- Casablanca (the capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Calque of Portuguese Casa Branca, itself calqued from Arabic الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء (ad-dār al-bayḍāʔ, “the white house”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Casablanca f
- Casablanca (the capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco)
- Casablanca (a city in the province of Valparaíso, Chile)
- (historical) A department of Chile