Tangier

See also: tangier

English

Alternative forms

• Tangiers, Tanger

Etymology

Mentioned in Ancient Greek sources as Τίγισις (Tígisis), possibly from Numidian, since it was a Numidian city. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Compare Punic 𐤕𐤍𐤂 (tng).

Pronunciation

• (UK) /tænˈdʒɪə(ɹ)/
• (US) enPR: tănjîrʹ, /tænˈdʒɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Tangier

2. A port city, the capital of the region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
3. (historical) The former international zone surrounding the city; its administration.

Derived terms

• Tangierine, Tangerine, Tangerine orange, tangerine, Tangier pea

Translations

a port city in northern Morocco

• Arabic: طَنْجَة f (ṭanja)

  Moroccan Arabic: طنجة (ṭanja)

• Catalan: Tànger m
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵟⴰⵏⵊⴰ (ṭanja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丹吉尔 (Dānjí'ěr)

• Corsican: Tangeri f, Tanghjeri f
• Czech: Tanger m
• Danish: Tanger
• Dutch: Tanger (nl) n
• French: Tanger (fr) f
• Galician: Tánxer (gl) m
• German: Tanger n
• Greek: Ταγγέρη (Tangéri)

  Ancient Greek: Τιγγίς (Tingís)

• Hebrew: טנג'יר (Tanjir)
• Hindi: टैनजियर (ṭainjiyar)
• Italian: Tangeri f
• Japanese: タンジール (Tanjīru), タンジェ (Tanje)
• Korean: 탕헤르 (tanghereu)
• Latin: Tingis f
• Latvian: Tanžera, Tandža
• Lithuanian: Tanžeras m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Tanger

  Nynorsk: Tanger

• Occitan: Tànger m
• Portuguese: Tânger (pt)
• Romanian: Tanger m
• Russian: Танже́р (ru) m (Tanžér)
• Sardinian: Tangeri f
• Scots: Tangier, Tangiers
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Тангер m

  Roman: Tanger m

• Sicilian: Tangeri f
• Spanish: Tánger (es) m
• Swedish: Tanger
• Tarifit: ṭanja
• Turkish: Tanca
• Ukrainian: Танжер (Tanžer)
• West Frisian: Tanger n

References

• “Tangier”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Geraint, Granite, angrite, granite, ingrate, tearing