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mellah|ˈmɛlə|
[Etym. unknown.]
The Jewish quarter in a Moroccan or Turkish city; cf. ghetto.
1874tr. G. Rohlfs's Adventures Morocco vi. 105 There is a Jew's quarter (Mälha) or Ghetto, for there is no town in Morocco, and scarcely an oasis in the desert where Jews are not to be found. 1893S. Bonsal Morocco xvii. 315 In the large towns the Jews are obliged to reside in a separate quarter called the Mellah, the gates of which are closed and placed under guard at night. 1925P. Guedalla Napoleon & Palestine v. 41 Old men in Turkish mellahs muttered the undying Esperança de Israel. 1963Guardian 17 July 8/6 The mellahs, as the ghettoes of Morocco are called. 1972Country Life 17 Feb. 414/3 The different quarters of the town: the kasba or quarter of government officials and Europeans; the Medina or Moorish quarter and the Mellah or Jewish town. |