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Tangier

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Noun

1. tangier, tangiers

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

Example Sentences:
'the first tangerines were shipped from Tangier to Europe in 1841'

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Tangier

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noun
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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Tangier

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seaport in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar: formerly part of an internationalized zone: pop. 266,000
: Fr. name Tanˈger (tɑ̃ˈʒeɪ; nzhāˈ)

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Tangier

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A city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar. Founded by the Phoenicians and later controlled by a variety of powers, including Portugal and Great Britain, it was administered as part of an international zone from 1923 until 1956.

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