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Jazira
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Jazira
(جزيرة) means
island
or
peninsula
in
Arabic
, and may refer to:
Al Jazira
— the
riparian
plain of
Mesopotamia
, which encompasses northeastern
Syria
and northwestern
Iraq
.
Al Jazirah
— a
state
of east-central
Sudan
.
Gezira
— is an island on the river
Nile
in central
Cairo
, best known for its up-market residential district
Zamalek
.
Algiers
— the capital city of
Algeria
.
Algeciras
— a city in
Cádiz
, southern
Spain
, near
Gibraltar
.
Al Jazeera
— a major
Arabic
television
channel, based in
Qatar
.
Aljazeera.com
— a
London
-based publication.
Al-Jazeerah Information Center
— an independent
U.S.
publication which comments on issues of
Middle Eastern
and world politics.
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