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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Tangier, Tangiers(noun)

    a city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar

    "the first tangerines were shipped from Tangier to Europe in 1841"

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Tangier

    or Tangiers (20), a seaport of Morocco, on a small bay of the Strait of Gibraltar; occupies a picturesque site on two hills, but within its old walls presents a dirty and crowded appearance; has a considerable shipping trade; was a British possession from 1662 to 1683, but was abandoned by them, and subsequently became infested by pirates.


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