'Tangerine' is named after Tangier, Morocco — the port through which the fruit first reached Europe.
A small, sweet citrus fruit with a loose reddish-orange skin, or the deep orange-red color it exhibits.
From French 'tangerine' (of or from Tangier), named after the Moroccan port city of Tangier (French 'Tanger') through which the fruit was shipped to Europe in the nineteenth century. The city name 'Tangier' derives either from the Berber goddess Tinjis, mythological founder of the city, or from a Phoenician settlement name meaning 'harbour' or 'haven.' The tangerine was initially marketed in Europe as 'the Tangier orange
Many citrus fruits are named after places: tangerines from Tangier, satsumas from Satsuma Province in Japan, clementines from Misserghin in Algeria (where Father Clément Rodier cultivated them), and bergamots likely from Bergamo, Italy.