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Noun: Tangier  tan'jeer
  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)  tang-ee
  1. (of food) pleasantly sharp or acid
    "crabapples make a tangy jelly";
    - sourish, tart

Derived forms: Tangiers

See also: sour

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

Part of: Kingdom of Morocco, Maroc, Morocco

Encyclopedia: Tangier, Oklahoma

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