Al-Jazira

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[Al] Jazira (جزيرة) means [the] island or [the] peninsula in Arabic, and may refer to:

Arabian peninsula — also called Al Jazeera
Al Jazira, Mesopotamia — the river plain of Mesopotamia, which encompasses northeastern Syria and northwestern Iraq
Al Jazirah, Sharjah, a settlement in Sharjah
Al Jazirah (state) in Sudan
Gezira Island — is an island on the river Nile in central Cairo, best known for its up-market residential district Zamalek
Algeciras — a city in Cádiz province, southern Spain, near Gibraltar
Al Jazeera — a major Arabic television network and channel, based in Qatar
- Al Jazeera English — the Al Jazeera network's English 24h news channel, based in Qatar, Malaysia, the UK, and the US
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
Madina al Jazira, the Arabic name of the town of Ciutadella

Other possible transcriptions include: Jazeera, Jazira, Jazeerah, Gezirah, Gazirah, Gazira, Gazeera, Gazeerah, Gezeerah. The Arabic definite article al is not always included, but if it is included, it may then be perceived as incorrect to say "the al Jazira" (two definite articles). However, where the al has become part of a brand name, this may in fact be preferred; e.g. it might be preferred to refer to "the Al Jazeera TV channel" instead of "Al Jazeera TV channel".

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