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Definition of Tangiers

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 Tangiers

1. Proper noun. A port city in northern Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tangiers

Literary usage of Tangiers

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

1. The Leisure Hour edited by William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens (1882)
"V.—Tangiers. The Moors have played so large a part in the history of Southern ... I accordingly took passage at noon for Tangiers, on board a little French ..."

2. Morocco, Journeys in the Kingdom of Fez and to the Court of Mulai Hassan by P. D. Trotter (1889)
"History of Tangiers—M. Tissot's Researches—The Town under the Romans—Invasion of the Vandals—The Mussulman Conquest— The Chief Ocba—The Portuguese ..."

3. The Tourist in Spain and Morocco by Thomas Roscoe (1838)
"Gibraltar—Singular Cavern—Rainy Day—Set sail for Africa— Legend of Mount Atlas—Tangiers—Moorish Cookery—Mr. Trenery—Slave Bazaar—Jewish Funeral—Houses of ..."

4. The Tourist in Spain and Morocco by Thomas Roscoe (1838)
"Gibraltar—Singular Cavern—Rainy Day—Set sail for Africa— Legend of Mount Atlas—Tangiers—Moorish Cookery—Mr. Trenery—Slave Bazaar—Jewish Funeral—Houses of ..."

5. A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815 by Spencer Walpole (1912)
"Morocco had intimate trade relations with England ; Gibraltar drew many of her supplies from Tangiers ; and the British people, with the experience of ..."

6. A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815 by Spencer Walpole (1890)
"Morocco had intimate trade relations with England ; Gibraltar drew many of her supplies from Tangiers; and the British people, with the experience of ..."

7. A Ride in Morocco Among Believers and Traders by Agnes Fraser (1902)
"A RIDE IN :MOROCCO AMONG BELIEVERS AND TRADERS CHAPTER I LANDING IN Tangiers IT was on the first evening of the new century, just as the big gun boomed to ..."

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