Jazira
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Jazira (جزيرة) means island or peninsula in Arabic, and may refer to:
- Al Jazira, Mesopotamia — the riparian plain of Mesopotamia, which encompasses northeastern Syria and northwestern Iraq.
- Al Jazirah (state) in 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.
- Al-Jazeera Club — a sports team in the United Arab Emirates.
- Jazeera Airways — An airlines company based in Kuwait
- Al Jazira Supermarket — a supermarket chain in Bahrain.
Other possible transcriptions include: Jazeera, Jazira, Jazeerah, Gezirah, Gazirah, Gazira, Gazeera, Gazeerah, Gezeerah.
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