Tangier
[tæn'dʒiə]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
Typed by Clarissa--From WordNet
Examples
- I am glad to have seen Tangier--the second-oldest town in the world. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Tangier is a foreign land if ever there was one, and the true spirit of it can never be found in any book save The Arabian Nights. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His is the only American family in Tangier. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When we came back from Tangier, in Africa, we were topped with fezzes of the bloodiest hue, hung with tassels like an Indian's scalp-lock. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Tangier is clear out of the world, and what is the use of visiting when people have nothing on earth to talk about? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Hundreds of Moors come to Tangier every year and embark for Mecca. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Tangier has been mentioned in history for three thousand years. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Phoenicians, the Carthagenians, the English, Moors, Romans, all have battled for Tangier--all have won it and lost it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In Tangier we have found it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We form rather more than half the list of white passengers on board a small steamer bound for the venerable Moorish town of Tangier, Africa. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They have three Sundays a week in Tangier. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Tangier is full of interest for one day, but after that it is a weary prison. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He killed a couple of battalions of cats (Tangier is full of them) and made a parlor carpet out of their hides. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Tangier is the spot we have been longing for all the time. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The general size of a store in Tangier is about that of an ordinary shower bath in a civilized land. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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