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Definition of Tangier

1. 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"

Definition of Tangier

1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Tangiers) ¹

2. Adjective. (comparative of tangy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tangier

1. tangy [adj] - See also: tangy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tangier

Literary usage of Tangier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The United States: A Graphic History by Louis Morton Hacker, Rudolf Modley, George Rogers Taylor (1891)
"The tangier pea, sown in rows about three inches apart, is a very good forage ... Tangier peas grew and bloomed all summer and fall, and lived through two ..."

2. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the Admiralty by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1848)
"I went with the letter inclosed to my Lord Chancellor to the 1 " Sunday, Jan. 12. This morning, the Portuguese, 140 horse in Tangier, made a salley into the ..."

3. The Innocents Abroad, Or, The New Pilgrims' Progress: Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1870)
"Tangier is the spot we have been longing for all the time. ... And lo! in Tangier we have found it. Here is not the slightest thing that ever we have seen ..."

4. The Cities of Spain by Edward Hutton (1906)
"XXI Tangier THE little city of Tangier, rising from a hillside of red earth ... And so it seems to me that Tangier itself is either the most wonderful place ..."

5. An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce: Wrecked on by James Riley (1847)
"1 accordingly took up my day-quarters with him, and remained under his truly hospitable roof during my stay at Tangier. Having made a present to my guard ..."

6. England in the Mediterranean: A Study of the Rise and Influence of British by Julian Stafford Corbett (1904)
"Now it will be remembered that Estrades had warned Montagu that there were men about the King ready to suggest the abandonment of Tangier so soon as an ..."

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