Tangier
noun
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
Tangiers
-
a variation of
Tangier.
Example Sentences
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In the 1995 movie “Casino,” Robert De Niro plays Sam Rothstein, who says his job managing the Tangiers Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is “like selling people dreams for cash.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Egypt will face Senegal in the semis on Wednesday in Tangiers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
When "The Rhythm Section" returns to Tangiers at its midpoint, it sends the film into action movie mode.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2020
After inquiring about the religion during a stay in Tangiers, 31-year-old Quilliam became a Muslim, describing his new faith as "reasonable and logical and, personally, I felt it did not contradict my beliefs".
From BBC ● May 18, 2019
Riddel from Gibraltar is one of the promoters, and if we can get to Gibraltar in any decent time you may possibly in my next letter hear some account of the Good Mahometans at Tangiers.
From Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) by Edward Stanley
