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Jazira or Al-Jazira ( 'island'), or variants, may refer to:


Business

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Jazeera Airways Jazeera Airways K.S.C ( ar, طيران الجزيرة) is a Kuwaiti airline with its head office on the grounds of Kuwait International Airport in Al Farwaniyah Governorate, Kuwait. It operates scheduled services in the Middle East, Nepal, Pakis ...
, an airlines company based in Kuwait


Locations

* Al-Jazira, a traditional region known today as
Upper Mesopotamia Upper Mesopotamia is the name used for the Upland and lowland, uplands and great outwash plain of northwestern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey, in the northern Middle East. Since the early Muslim conquests of the mid-7th century, ...
or the smaller region of
Cizre Cizre (; ar, جَزِيْرَة ٱبْن عُمَر, Jazīrat Ibn ʿUmar, or ''Madinat al-Jazira'', he, גזירא, Gzira, ku, Cizîr, ''Cizîra Botan'', or ''Cizîre'', syr, ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܘܡܪ, Gāzartā,) is a city in the Cizre Dis ...
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Al-Jazira (caliphal province) Al-Jazira ( ar, الجزيرة), also known as Jazirat Aqur or Iqlim Aqur, was a province of the Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates, spanning at minimum most of Upper Mesopotamia (al-Jazira proper), divided between the districts of Diyar Bak ...
, an Umayyad and Abbasid province encompassing Upper Mesopotamia in modern Syria, Iraq and Turkey. ** Al-Jazira Province, former Syrian province **
Jazira Region The Jazira Region, formerly Jazira Canton, ( ku, Herêma Cizîrê, ar, إقليم الجزيرة, syr, ܦܢܝܬܐ ܕܓܙܪܬܐ, Ponyotho d'Gozarto), is the largest of the three original regions of the de facto Autonomous Administration of No ...
, an autonomous Syrian region * al-jazīrah al-ʻarabīyah, the
Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...
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Al Jazirah, Sharjah Al Jazirah ( ar, الجزيرة) is a settlement in Sharjah Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Du ...
, United Arab Emirates *
Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...
(Berber: ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ ''Dzayer'' from Arabic: ''al-Jazā'ir'') North Africa *
Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
, the capital city of Algeria *
Al Jazirah (state) Gezira (), also spelt Al Jazirah, is one of the 18 states of Sudan. The state lies between the Blue Nile and the White Nile in the east-central region of the country. It has an area of 27,549 km2. The name comes from the Arabic word for ...
, Sudan *
Gezira (Cairo) Gezira is an island in the Nile, in central Cairo, Egypt. The southern portion of the island contains the Gezira district, and the northern third contains the Zamalek district. Gezira is west of downtown Cairo and Tahrir Square, connected acr ...
, island in Egypt * Gezir, town in Iran *
Algeciras Algeciras ( , ) is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Located in the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, near the Strait of Gibraltar, it is the largest city on the Bay of Gibraltar ( es, Bahía de Algeci ...
, Spain *
Ciutadella de Menorca Ciutadella de Menorca () or simply Ciutadella is a town and a municipality in the western end of Menorca, one of the Balearic Islands (Spain). It is one of the two primary cities in the island, along with Maó. History It was founded by the C ...
(Madina al Jazira), Minorca, Balearic Islands *
Alzira, Valencia Alzira ( es, Alcira) is a city and municipality of 45.088 inhabitants (62,094 floating population) in Valencia, eastern Spain. It is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Ribera Alta in the province of Valencia. The city is the heart of the second l ...
, Spain *
Lezíria do Tejo The Comunidade Intermunicipal da Lezíria do Tejo (; English: ''Tagus Floodplain'') is an administrative division in Portugal. It was established as an ''Associação de Municípios'' in 1987, converted into a ''Comunidade Urbana'' in 2003, and co ...
, Portugal *
Gżira Gżira ( mt, Il-Gżira) is a town in the Central Region of Malta. It is located between Msida and Sliema, also bordering on Ta' Xbiex. It has a population of 8,029 as of March 2014. The word ''Gżira'' means "island" in Maltese, and the ...
, a town in Malta *
Cizre Cizre (; ar, جَزِيْرَة ٱبْن عُمَر, Jazīrat Ibn ʿUmar, or ''Madinat al-Jazira'', he, גזירא, Gzira, ku, Cizîr, ''Cizîra Botan'', or ''Cizîre'', syr, ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܘܡܪ, Gāzartā,) is a city in the Cizre Dis ...
, Turkey *
Zalzala Koh Zalzala Koh (, ''Earthquake Mountain'') or Zalzala Jazeera (''Earthquake Island'') was a small island off the coast of the port city of Gwadar in Balochistan province of Pakistan which appeared on 24 September 2013 following an earthquake. As pre ...
or Zalzala Jazeera, Pakistan *
St. Martin's Island Saint Martin Island ( bn, সেন্টমার্টিন দ্বীপ) is a small island (area only 3 km2) in the northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula, and fo ...
, Bangladesh *
Jazeera Beach Jazeera Beach (also known as Gezira Beach; so, Xeebta Jasiira or ) is a beach which overlooks the Somali Sea near the city of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Here, thousands of people gather to relax on weekends as part of Somali seagoing cu ...
, Somalia


Media

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Al Jazeera Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...
, an
Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
flagship global news television channel of the eponymous network **
Al Jazeera America Al Jazeera America was an American pay television news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network. The channel was launched on August 20, 2013, to compete with CNN, HLN, MSNBC, Fox News, and in certain markets RT America. It was Al Jazeera' ...
, the network's American national news channel **
Al Jazeera Balkans Al Jazeera Balkans (AJB) is an international news television station headquartered in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina aimed at the media markets of the countries that used to be constituent units of SFR Yugoslavia. It is part of the Al Jazeer ...
, the network's Balkans regional news channel **
Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English (AJE; ar, الجزيرة‎, translit=al-jazīrah, , literally "The Peninsula", referring to the Qatar Peninsula) is an international 24-hour English-language news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is own ...
, the English language global news channel **
Al Jazeera Türk Al Jazeera Türk (AJT) was a news website in Turkish. It was owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network. Attempts to launch a television network do not appear to have succeeded. The website was shut down on 3 May 2017. Early background and first laun ...
, the network's defunct Turkish news website *''
Aljazeera Magazine Aljazeera.com is the main web address for the Al Jazeera English and former Al Jazeera America websites. The domain name was acquired by Al Jazeera Media Network in March 2011 from Aljazeera Publishing, a Dubai-based media company which owned the ...
'', a defunct magazine published by Aljazeera Publishing **
Aljazeera Publishing Aljazeera Publishing was formed in 1992 in London to produce content for expatriate Persian Gulf (i.e. those from the region known as Aljazeera) residents living in the United Kingdom. Aljazeera Publishing was disbanded in April 2011 after the sale ...
, defunct publisher of ''Aljazeera Magazine'' **
Aljazeera.com Aljazeera.com is the main web address for the Al Jazeera English and former Al Jazeera America websites. The domain name was acquired by Al Jazeera Media Network in March 2011 from Aljazeera Publishing, a Dubai-based media company which owned th ...
, the former website of ''Aljazeera Magazine'' * '' Al Jazirah'', a Saudi daily newspaper


Sports

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Al Jazira Club Al Jazira Club is an Emirati professional football club based in Abu Dhabi, that currently competes in the UAE Pro League. History Al-Jazira was established in 1974 as a merger between ''Khalidiyah'' and ''Al Bateen''. The club struggled to st ...
, a sports team in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates *
Al-Jazeera (Jordan) Al-Jazeera Club ( ar, نادي الجزيرة) is a Jordanian multisports club based in Amman. Founded in 1947, the team plays at Amman International Stadium. They complete in the Jordanian Pro League, the top flight of Jordanian football. ...
, a football club in Jordan *
Al-Jazeera SC (Syria) Al-Jazeera Sports Club ( ar, نادي الجزيرة الرياضي) is a Syrian football club currently playing in the Syrian Premier League. The club is based in the city of Al-Hasakah Al-Hasakah ( ar, ٱلْحَسَكَة, al-Ḥasaka; ku, He ...
, a football club in Syria *
Aljazeera Sports Club Aljazeera Zuwara ( ar, الجزيرة) is a Libyan football club based in Zuwara, Libya. They play their home games at Zuwara Stadium. Current squad ''As of 2008–09 season'' Aljazeera Al Jazeera ( ar, ...
, a football club in Libya *
Al Jazeera SC Al Jazeera Sports Club ( ar, نادي الجزيرة الرياضي), is an Egyptian sports club based in Mersa Matruh, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Third Division, the third-highes ...
, a sports club located in Mersa Matruh, Egypt *
Gezira Sporting Club The Gezira Sporting Club ( ar, نادى الجزيرة الرياضى, transliteration:''nādī al-ǧazyrah al-reyādī'') is the largest multi-sport facility in Egypt. It was founded in 1882 and was originally called Khedivial Sporting Club. I ...
, a sports club located in Cairo, Egypt **
Gezira (basketball club) Gezira Sporting Club ( ar, نادى الجزيرة الرياضى‎) is a basketball club located on the island of Zamalek in Cairo, Egypt that plays in the Egyptian Basketball Super League. The club has won nine league titles, most recently in 2 ...
, a basketball club located in Cairo, Egypt {{disambiguation, geo Arabic words and phrases