(Compare the Arabic name al-Jazira (Arabic: الجزيرة, lit.'the island') for Upper Mesopotamia, another area of land almost entirely surrounded by water also Algeciras, Alzira and Algeria.)Īl Jazeera Satellite Channel, now known as AJA, was launched on 1 November 1996 following the closure of the BBC's Arabic language television station, a joint venture with Orbit Communications Company. However, it refers here to the Arabian Peninsula, which is شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-ğazīrah al-ʿarabiyyah, abbreviated to الجزيرة العربية al-ğazīrah al-ʿarabiyyah. In Arabic, al-ǧazīrah literally means "the island".
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