Tangiers

English

Alternative forms

Tangier

Etymology

From Semitic *tigisis (“harbor, seaport, haven”)

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) /tænˈdʒɪəz/
(US) enPR: tănjîrzʹ, /tænˈdʒɪrz/

Proper noun

Tangiers

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

Derived terms

Tangerine, tangerine

Translations

a port city in northern Morocco

Arabic: طَنْجَة‎‎ f (ṭanja)
Catalan: Tànger m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 丹吉尔 (Dānjí’ěr)
Czech: Tanger m
French: Tanger (fr)
Greek: Ταγγέρη (Tangéri)
Ancient Greek: Τιγγίς (Tingís)
Italian: Tangeri f
Japanese: タンジール (Tanjīru)
Korean: 탕헤르 (tanghereu)

Latin: Tingis
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Tanger

Nynorsk: Tanger
Portuguese: Tânger (pt)
Russian: Танже́р (ru) m (Tanžér)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Тангер m

Roman: Tanger m
Spanish: Tánger (es) m
Tarifit: ⵟⴰⵏⴵⴰ (ṭanja)

Anagrams

Tasering, Tigranes, angriest, angrites, angstier, astringe, ganister, gantries, granites, inert gas, ingrates, rangiest, reasting, stearing, tasering, tearings

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