TANGIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tangier mean? 

• TANGIER (noun)
  The noun TANGIER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TANGIER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANGIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Tangier; Tangiers

Context example:

the first tangerines were shipped from Tangier to Europe in 1841

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Tangier" is a part of...):

Al-Magrib; Kingdom of Morocco; Maroc; Marruecos; Morocco (a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956)