Casablanca

[ kas-uh-blang-kuh, kah-suh-blahng-kuh ]

noun

1. a seaport in NW Morocco: wartime conference of Roosevelt and Churchill, January, 1943.

Casablanca

/ ˌkæsəˈblæŋkə /

noun

1. a port in NW Morocco, on the Atlantic: largest city in the country; industrial centre. Pop: 3 523 000 (2003)

Casablanca

¹

1. A romantic war adventure film from 1942, in which Humphrey Bogart plays a nightclub owner in Casablanca , Morocco , and Ingrid Bergman plays his former lover.

Casablanca

²

1. Largest city in Morocco . It is a port on the Atlantic Ocean .

Notes

Casablanca has a classic blend of love interest and international intrigue, and many lines from it are extremely familiar: “Here's looking at you, kid” (Bogart's toast to Bergman), and “Play it once, Sam — for old time's sake…. Play ‘As Time Goes By’” (Bergman's request to the pianist in Bogart's club), which is often misquoted as “Play it again, Sam.”

Example Sentences

Julian Casablancas sneered his way into instant rock stardom nearly a quarter of a century ago as the glamorously disheveled frontman of the Strokes.

From Los Angeles Times

“Casablanca” is going to pop up on that list, and it's the same type of thing.

From Salon

There’s also a Turner Classic Movies-themed tour, if you lean more toward cinematic classics such as “Casablanca” and “Rebel Without a Cause.”

From Los Angeles Times

Audio of a depicted phone call they share while watching “Casablanca” together plays over scenes of each of them miserably enduring their solitude or trying to ignore it before deciding to be lonely together.

From Salon

“I saw ‘Casablanca,’ and that’s when I went down the Bogart rabbit hole,” says Owen.

From Los Angeles Times