Jazira Explained

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

It may refer to:

Business

• Jazeera Airways, an airlines company based in Kuwait

Locations

• Al-Jazira, a traditional region known today as Upper Mesopotamia or the smaller region of Cizre
• 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: 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

• Al Jazira Club, a sports team in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• 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

See also

• Janjira (disambiguation), jazira in Indic languages
• Al Jazeera (disambiguation)