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Tangier
[ tan-jeer ]
Tangier
/ 迟忙苍藞诲萧瑟蓹 /
noun
- a port in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar: a Phoenician trading post in the 15th century bc ; a neutral international zone (1923鈥56); made the summer capital of Morocco and a free port in 1962; commercial and financial centre. Pop: 526聽000 (2003)
Example Sentences
Stormy weather battered much of Spain, leading to ferry cancelations from the southwestern ports of Algeciras and Tarifa to Tangier in Morocco and the closure of public parks in several cities, including Madrid.
There鈥檚 also a strangely uncomfortable echo of one of 鈥淩aiders鈥欌 most famous moments, when a jealous, scimitar-wielding ex-fianc茅 tries to have his vengeful way with Helena in Tangier.
Indy and company still embark on breakneck chases in putatively exotic locations 鈥 including on tippy three-wheelers that careen through Tangier 鈥 but with less obvious collateral damage to the locals, if not their food stalls.
Morocco opened a high-speed train in 2018 linking Tangier with the capital, Rabat, and Casablanca 鈥 but it鈥檚 not much use to many rural Moroccan workers, because of the cost and limited stops.
The movie hits its action high notes when it sticks to the tactile classics, like a brilliantly executed rickshaw chase in Tangier.
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