"Tangier" meaning in English

See Tangier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

enPR: tănjîrʹ [US] Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Mentioned in Ancient Greek sources as Τίγισις (Tígisis), possibly from Numidian, since it was a Numidian city. Compare Punic 𐤕𐤍𐤂 (tng). Etymology templates: {{cog|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{der|en|nxm|-}} Numidian, {{der|en|xpu|𐤕𐤍𐤂}} Punic 𐤕𐤍𐤂 (tng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tangier
  1. A port city, the capital of the region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar. Categories (place): Cities in Morocco, Cities in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Places in Morocco, Places in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Regional capitals of Morocco Synonyms: Tangiers, Tanger Derived forms: Tangierine, Tangerine, Tangerine orange, tangerine, Tangier pea Translations (a port city in northern Morocco): Τιγγίς (Tingís) (Ancient Greek), طَنْجَة (ṭanja) [feminine] (Arabic), طنجة (ṭanja) [Moroccan-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), Tànger [masculine] (Catalan), ⵟⴰⵏⵊⴰ (ṭanja) (Central Atlas Tamazight), 丹吉尔 (Dānjí'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), Tangeri [feminine] (Corsican), Tanghjeri [feminine] (Corsican), Tanger [masculine] (Czech), Tanger (Danish), Tanger [neuter] (Dutch), Tanger (Finnish), Tanger [feminine] (French), Tánxer [masculine] (Galician), Tanger [neuter] (German), Ταγγέρη (Tangéri) (Greek), טנג'יר (Tanjir) (Hebrew), टैनजियर (ṭainjiyar) (Hindi), Tangeri [feminine] (Italian), タンジール (Tanjīru) (Japanese), タンジェ (Tanje) (Japanese), 탕헤르 (tanghereu) (Korean), Tingis [feminine] (Latin), Tanžera (Latvian), Tandža (Latvian), Tanžeras [masculine] (Lithuanian), Tanger (Norwegian Bokmål), Tanger (Norwegian Nynorsk), Tànger [masculine] (Occitan), Tânger (Portuguese), Tanger [masculine] (Romanian), Танже́р (Tanžér) [masculine] (Russian), Tangeri [feminine] (Sardinian), Tangier (Scots), Tangiers (Scots), Тангер [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Tanger [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Tangeri [feminine] (Sicilian), Tánger [masculine] (Spanish), Tanger (Swedish), ṭanja (Tarifit), Tanca (Turkish), Танжер (Tanžer) (Ukrainian), Tanger [neuter] (West Frisian)
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  2. (historical) The former international zone surrounding the city; its administration. Tags: historical
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Alternative forms

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          "word": "Tànger"
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          "roman": "Tanžér",
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          "word": "Танже́р"
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          "word": "Tangeri"
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          "word": "Tangiers"
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          "word": "Тангер"
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          "word": "Tánger"
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          "word": "Tanger"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
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        "US"
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    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
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    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
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    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Tarifit translations",
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      "word": "Tangierine"
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      "word": "Tangerine"
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      "word": "Tangerine orange"
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        "(historical) The former international zone surrounding the city; its administration."
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        "US"
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    {
      "word": "Tangiers"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tanger"
    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭanja",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "طَنْجَة"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Tànger"
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      "code": "tzm",
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      "roman": "ṭanja",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "ⵟⴰⵏⵊⴰ"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Dānjí'ěr",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "丹吉尔"
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      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Tangeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Tanghjeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Tanger"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "Tanger"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Tanger"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "Tanger"
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      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Tanger"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tánxer"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Tanger"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Tangéri",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "Ταγγέρη"
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      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Tingís",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "Τιγγίς"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "Tanjir",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "טנג'יר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ṭainjiyar",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "टैनजियर"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tangeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Tanjīru",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "タンジール"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Tanje",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "タンジェ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tanghereu",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "탕헤르"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tingis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "Tanžera"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "Tandža"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tanžeras"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "Tanger"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "Tanger"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tànger"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "Tânger"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tanger"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Tanžér",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Танже́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tangeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "Tangier"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "Tangiers"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Тангер"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tanger"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tangeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tánger"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "Tanger"
    },
    {
      "code": "rif",
      "lang": "Tarifit",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "ṭanja"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "Tanca"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Tanžer",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "word": "Танжер"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "a port city in northern Morocco",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Tanger"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Tangier",
    "Tangier International Zone"
  ],
  "word": "Tangier"
}

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