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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

“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

Sadio Mane's Senegal, African champions in 2022, defeated Benin 3-0 in Tangier to top Group D on goal difference ahead of the Leopards, who won by the same margin against Botswana in Rabat.

From Barron's Dec. 30, 2025

Protests have also hit the capital, Rabat, the main commercial city, Casablanca, and the port city of Tangier - often the arrival point for tourists going to Morocco by ferry from Spain.

From BBC Oct. 2, 2025

He was sitting in a bar very much like the other bars he had seen along the narrow streets of Tangier.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

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