Editing Tangier (section)

==Names==
The [[Carthaginian Empire|Carthaginian]] name of the city is variously recorded as {{sc|tng}} ({{langx|xpu|𐤕𐤍𐤂}}), {{sc|tngʾ}} ({{lang|xpu|𐤕𐤍𐤂𐤀}}), {{sc|tyngʾ}} ({{lang|xpu|𐤕𐤉𐤍𐤂𐤀}}),{{sfnp|Ghaki|2015|p=67}} and {{sc|ttgʾ}} ({{lang|xpu|𐤕𐤕𐤂𐤀}});{{sfnp|Head et al.|1911}} these appear in Greek and Roman sources as '''Tenga''', '''Tinga''', '''Titga''', &c.{{sfnp|''Cath. Enc.''|1913}} The old [[Berber language|Berber]] name was ''Tingi'' ({{lang|ber|ⵜⵉⵏⴳⵉ}}),<ref>{{Cite book |title=Libya antiqua: report and papers of the symposium organized by Unesco in Paris, 16 to 18 January 1984 |date=1986 |publisher=Unesco |isbn=978-92-3-102376-7 |editor-last=UNESCO |series=The General history of Africa |location=Paris |page=168}}</ref> which [[Ana Ruiz|Ruiz]] connects to Berber ''tingis'', meaning "marsh".<ref name=ruiz>{{harvp|Ruiz|2012|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=y5VbQMltSLcC&pg=PA208 208]}}.</ref> The [[ancient Greek geography|Greeks]] [[folk etymology|later claimed]] that ''Tingís'' ({{langx|grc|Τιγγίς}}) had been named for [[Tinjis]], a daughter of the [[Titans|Titan]] [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]], who was supposed to support the [[Celestial spheres|vault of heaven]] nearby. [[Latin]] '''[[Tingis]]''' then developed into [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] {{lang|pt|Tânger}}, [[Spanish language|Spanish]] {{lang|es|Tánger}}, and [[French language|French]] {{lang|fr|Tanger}}, which entered English as ''Tangier'' and ''Tangiers''. The [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and modern Berber name of the town is ''Ṭanjah'' ({{lang|ar|طَنجة}}, {{lang|ber|ⵟⴰⵏⴵⴰ}}).{{sfnp|''Cath. Enc.''|1913}}

Moroccan historian [[Ahmed Toufiq]] considers that the name "Tingi" has the same etymology as ''[[Tinghir]]'', and is composed of "Tin", which is a feminine particle that could be translated as "owner" or "she who has", and "gi" which may have originally been "ig", meaning "high location". This corresponds to the popular Moroccan phrase ''Tanja l-ɛalya'' (Tangier the High), which may be a remnant echo of the original meaning, as well as a reference to the high location of Tangier. A similar construction can be found in the name of ''[[Tinmel]]'', the first capital of the [[Almohads]], which is composed of "Tin", and "Amlel" meaning "at foot of the mountain" or "at a low location".<ref name="taouf">{{Cite book|title=في تاريخ المغرب|year=2019|author=Ahmed Toufiq|language=ar|url=https://archive.org/details/some_pages/109889101_1666374716855022_7762441311513899932_n.jpg|trans-title=On the History of Morocco}}</ref>

Tangier was formally known as {{nowrap|'''Colonia Julia Tingi'''}} ("The [[Julia (gens)|Julian]] Colony of Tingis") following its elevation to [[Roman colonia|colony status]] during the [[Roman Empire]]. The nicknames "Bride of the North" and "Door of Africa" reference its position in far northwestern Africa near the [[Strait of Gibraltar]].

This is also where the name for the fruit [[Tangerine|tangerine]] comes from.