alcazaba

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with English casbah. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alkaˈθaba/ [al.kaˈθa.β̞a] (Spain) IPA(key): /alkaˈsaba/ [al.kaˈsa.β̞a] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aba Syllabification: al‧ca‧za‧ba === Noun === alcazaba f (plural alcazabas) a Moorish fortress within or beside a walled city ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “alcazaba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025