OT: what Casbah refers to...

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For enquiring minds, casbah (Arabic, meaning citadel) originally refers to a specific citadel in Algiers. The term has been used in a general way to refer to a walled city anywhere in North Africa, with crowded maze-like streets, lots of dead-ends, filled with houses and mosques and souks all jumbled together.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casbah

The Wikipedia article has some interesting details on how popular culture has used the term. Including the song by The Clash.

Kim M.

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Alyssa,It means some kind of castle or something.. I have no clue. LOL.Not that I am saying you were being so literal.Rock the Casbah is a famous song by the UK group called The Clash- way cool.Jodi