Casablanca

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Submitted Name

Type Settlement
Usage English, French, Spanish
Pronounced Pron. ka-sə-BLANG-kə(English)
 KA-ZA-BLAHN-KA(French)
 ka-sa-BLANG-ka(Spanish)
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Meaning & History

Means "white house" in Spanish. The name comes from a Spanish translation of the Arabic name الدار البيضاء (ad-Dar al-Bayda'), which in turn was derived from a calque of the Portuguese name Casa Branca. This is the name of a city in Morocco.