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Tangiers

Tangiers

1 5.4
A city in northern Morocco near the Strait of Gibraltar
  • proper noun
  • /tænˈdʒɪrz/
translation icon : Tánger
  • The coastal views from Tangiers are breathtaking, especially at sunset.
  • Tangiers Casino
  • Tangiers - Night
  • Tangiers Receptionist

Examples

  • INT. TANGIERS LOUNGE - NIGHT: JERRY VALE sings to a seated audience.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • INT. TANGIERS CASINO - NIGHT ACE is on a Tangiers house phone.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • TANGIERS CASINO FLOOR - NIGHT: Camera moves in on Ace as he looks out over the casino.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • INT. TANGIERS CASINO SPORTSBOOK - NIGHT ACE standing in a large space surrounded by giant TV screens showing sports events.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • You better hope he lets you back in. INT. TANGIERS CASINO - NIGHT # NICKY # (Over telephone)

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I promise you that. INT. TANGIERS CASINO - NIGHT # ACE # (Into telephone) If he does it again, he's out for good.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • But typical Ace... INT. TANGIERS SWIMMING POOL/POOLSIDE - DAY STONE, in a bathing suit and robe, sits on a lounge chair with a telephone.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Maybe the Presidential Suite. INT. TANGIERS PRESIDENTIAL SUITE - DAY

    Fiction book (1995)
  • And the eye in the sky is watching us all. SWISH PAN TO: INT. TANGIERS - EYE IN THE SKY MONITOR ROOM - NIGHT. Video monitors show a dealer fanning a row of bills.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • ... we had a dozen guys up there, most of them ex-cheats, who knew every trick in the house. INT. TANGIERS CRAPS TABLE - NIGHT Ginger squeals as she throws the dice across the table. # HIGH ROLLER #

    Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

Tangier
vsTangiers
10 4.6

A city in northern Morocco at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar

is the same city but uses an alternative plural or regional name form

Surface Forms

Tangiers main

Etymology

Tangiers comes from the old place name Tingis, later Arabic Tanjah, both names used for the same port in northern Morocco. So Tangiers is simply the city name, remembered as the busy 'meeting point' between Europe and Africa.