Cas‧a‧blan‧ca /ˌkæsəˈblæŋkə $ ˌkɑːsəˈblɑː-/

1. the largest city in Morocco, on the Atlantic coast

2. one of the most popular films in the history of the cinema, made in 1942 with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Casablanca is a romantic story about a man called Rick who has a café in Casablanca, and who helps a husband and wife escape from the Nazis. The café has a man called Sam who plays the piano, and there is a famous scene when Rick asks him to play a song called ‘As Time Goes By’, saying ‘Play it’, though many people think he says ‘Play it again, Sam’.

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