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Casablanca

/kasaˈblanka/

proper noun/kasaˈblanka/

Casablanca (the capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco); Casablanca (a city in the province of Valparaíso, Chile); a department of Chile

Calque of Portuguese Casa Branca, itself calqued from Arabic الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء (ad-dār al-bayḍāʔ, “the white home”).