The story
- Arabic · derived fromالجزيرة الخضراء“Green Island”
- Spanish · borrowed fromAlgeciras
- English todayAlgeciras
From Spanish Algeciras, from Arabic الجزيرة الخضراء (al-Jazīrah al-Khaḍrāʾ, “Green Island”) in reference to nearby Isla Verde. Doublet of Algiers and Algeria.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.