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Algeciras

/alxeˈθiɾas/

proper noun/alxeˈθiɾas/

Algeciras (a city on the Bay of Gibraltar, in Andalusia, Spain)

Related: algecireño

From Arabic الجزيرة الخضراء (al-Jazīrah al-Khaḍrāʾ, “Green Island”) in reference to nearby Isla Verde. Doublet of Argel and Argelia.