[Al] Jazira (جزيرة) means [the] island or [the] peninsula in Arabic, and may refer to
- Arabian peninsula, also called Al Jazeera
- Al Jazira, Mesopotamia, the river plain of Mesopotamia, which encompasses northeastern Syria and northwestern Iraq
- Al Jazirah, Sharjah, a settlement in Sharjah
- Al Jazirah (state) in Sudan
- Gezira Island, is an island on the river Nile in central Cairo, best known for its up-market residential district Zamalek
- Algeciras, a city in Cádiz province, southern Spain, near Gibraltar
- Al Jazeera, a major Arabic television network and channel, based in Qatar
- Al Jazeera English, the Al Jazeera network's English 24h news channel, based in Qatar, Malaysia, the UK, and the US
- Aljazeera.com, a London-based publication
- Al-Jazeerah Information Center, an independent U.S. publication which comments on issues of Middle Eastern and world politics
- Al-Jazeera Club, a sports team in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Al-Jazeera Club Amman, a football club in Amman, Jordan
- Al-Jazeera Hasakah, a football club in Syria
- Aljazeera Sports Club, a football club in Libya
- Jazeera Airways, an airlines company based in Kuwait
- Al Jazira Supermarket, a supermarket chain in Bahrain
- Madina al Jazira, the Arabic name of the town of Ciutadella
Other possible transcriptions include Jazeera, Jazira, Jazeerah, Gezirah, Gazirah, Gazira, Gazeera, Gazeerah, Gezeerah. The Arabic definite article al is not always included, but if it is included, it may then be perceived as incorrect to say "the al Jazira" (two definite articles), except where the al is treated as part of the brand name: "the Al Jazeera TV channel".
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