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Noun: Tangier  tan'jir [N. Amer], tan'jiu(r) [Brit]
  1. 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"
    - Tangiers
Adjective: tangy (tangier,tangiest)  tangee
  1. Tasting sour like a lemon
    - lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tart

Derived forms: Tangiers

See also: sour, tang, tanginess

Type of: city, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Al-Magrib, Kingdom of Morocco, Maroc, Marruecos, Morocco

Encyclopedia: Tangier, Morocco Tangier Tangier, Nova Scotia Tangier, Virginia Tangier, VA

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