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Tangerine

2 stages from Arabic to English.

Today it means a small, sweet citrus fruit with easily peeled skin
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Tanja
Arabic · medieval
"the city of Tangier"
the port city of Tangier in Morocco, from which the citrus fruit was first exported
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tangerine
English · 1840s
"a small, sweet orange citrus fruit"
coined for the small, sweet citrus fruit shipped from Tangier
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