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alcazaba

citadel; fortified enclosure within a cityrecinto fortificado dentro de una ciudad

Comes from Arabic

القَصَبَة

al-qaṣaba

“the citadel”«la ciudadela»

Arabic today says

قَلْعَة

qalʿa

Root

ق ص ب

q-ṣ-b

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

The story

It is the same word as the kasbah of the Maghreb, where qaṣaba still names the citadel or the old walled quarter.Es la misma palabra que la kasbah del Magreb, donde qaṣaba sigue nombrando la ciudadela o el barrio viejo amurallado.

In a sentence

Desde la alcazaba de Málaga se ve el puerto.

From the Alcazaba of Málaga you can see the port.

مِنْ قَصَبَةِ مَالَقَة يُرَى المِينَاء.

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