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Jazira

Jazira, al-Jazira, Jazeera, al-Jazeera, etc. are all transcriptions of Arabic الجزيرة meaning "the island" or "the peninsula".

The term may refer to:

Business

Jazeera Airways, an airlines company based in Kuwait

Locations

Al-Jazira, a traditional Arabic name for Upper Mesopotamia
Cizre District in Turkey
Al-Jazira (caliphal province), an Umayyad and Abbasid province encompassing Upper Mesopotamia in modern Syria, Iraq and Turkey.
- Al-Jazira Province, former Syrian province
- Jazira Region, an autonomous Syrian region
al-jazīrah al-ʻarabīyah, the Arabian Peninsula
Al Jazirah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Algeria (Berber: ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer from Arabic: الجزائر al-Jazā'ir) North Africa
Algiers, the capital city of Algeria
Al Jazirah (state), Sudan
Gezira (Cairo), island in Egypt
Gezir, town in Iran
Algeciras, Spain
Ciutadella de Menorca (Madina al Jazira), Minorca, Balearic Islands
Alzira, Valencia, Spain
Lezíria do Tejo, Portugal
Gżira, a town in Malta
Cizre, Turkey
Zalzala Koh or Zalzala Jazeera, Pakistan
St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh
Jazeera Beach, Somalia

Media

Al Jazeera Media Network
- Al Jazeera Arabic, an Arabic language news television channel
- Al Jazeera America, the network's American national news channel
- Al Jazeera Balkans, the network's Balkans regional news channel
- Al Jazeera English, the English language global news channel
- Al Jazeera Türk, the network's defunct Turkish news website
- Al Jazeera Mubasher, international Arabic language pan-regional public affairs network
Aljazeera Publishing, defunct publisher of Aljazeera Magazine
- Aljazeera Magazine, a defunct magazine published by Aljazeera Publishing
- Aljazeera.com, the former website of Aljazeera Magazine
Al Jazirah (newspaper), a Saudi daily newspaper

Sports clubs

Sports

Al Jazira Club, a sports team in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Al-Jazira FC, a Kuwaiti Football Club.
Al-Jazeera (Jordan), a football club in Jordan
Al Jazirah Al Hamra Club, a football club in the United Arab Emirates
Al-Jazeera SC (Syria), a football club in Syria
Aljazeera Sports Club, a football club in Libya
Al Jazeera SC, a sports club located in Mersa Matruh, Egypt
Gezira Sporting Club, a sports club located in Cairo, Egypt
- Gezira (basketball club), a basketball club located in Cairo, Egypt

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