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Tangier

[tan-jeer]

Tan·gier

[tan-jeer]
noun
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone. 243,600.
Also, Tan·giers [tan-jeerz] .
French, Tan·ger [tahn-zhey] .

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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tang·y

[tang-ee]
adjective, tang·i·er, tang·i·est.
having a tang.

Origin:
1870–75; tang1 + -y1

tang·i·ness, noun
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Tangier (tænˈdʒɪə)
 
n
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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