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Tangier

American  
[tan-jeer] / tænˈdʒɪər /
Also Tangiers

noun

  1. a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.


Tangier British  
/ tænˈdʒɪə /

noun

  1. a port in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar: a Phoenician trading post in the 15th century bc ; a neutral international zone (1923–56); made the summer capital of Morocco and a free port in 1962; commercial and financial centre. Pop: 526 000 (2003)

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Emergency services were called after the discovery was made in the undercarriage of an Air Arabia flight which arrived from Tangier at about 11.45 BST on Tuesday.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

Last month the port of Tangier saw around four times its January average rainfall and more heavy rain hit the north on Wednesday in association with Storm Leonardo.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2026

“I was born here,” the older woman tells Clara, referring to Tangier, “and I’ll die here.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

Pape Thiaw's team now have a kinder draw as they remain in Tangier for a last-16 tie on Saturday against the third-place finisher in Group E, either Burkina Faso or Sudan.

From Barron's Dec. 30, 2025

Tangier was no longer a strange city, and he felt that, just as he had conquered this place, he could conquer the world.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

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