Algeria en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- [alˈdʒiːɾe.ə] (Scotland)
- /alˈdʒɪːɹɪjə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
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- /ɛlˈdʒiəɹi.ə/ (New-Zealand)
- /ælˈdʒɪəɹi.ə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- /alˈdʒɛːɹi.ə/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
- /ælˈdʒɪɹi.ə/ (General-American)
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- /alˈdʒiɾe.ə/ (Scotland)
Etymology
Etymology tree Arabic جَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip. Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)bor. French Algerbor. English Alger Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia ▲ French Algérieinflu. English Algeria From Alger + -ia, modified based on French Algérie, from the French Alger (“Algiers”) + -ie, from Algerian Arabic الدزَاير (ed-dzayer), from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”) (with elision of the first vowel), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers. Doublet of Algiers and Algeciras.
Meanings
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(historical) A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. ▸ Ottoman Algeria, also the regency of Algiers or al-Jazā’ir in Arabic, from 1515 to 1830.
Engels welcomed the United States' conquest of territory from Mexico and the French colonization of Algeria: the Bedouin were a race of bandits anyhow.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 89:
- (historical) A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. ▸ French or Colonial Algeria, from 1830 to 1962.
- A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. ▸ The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, since 1962.
Deriveds
French Algeria · Algerian · Algerine
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Translations (157)
eo Alĝerio (country) · kln Aljeria (country) · co Algeria (country) · ki Aljeria (country) · tt Әлҗәзаир (country) · kbd Алджазаир (country) · prs اَلْجَزَایِر (country) · km អាល់ហ្សេរី (country) · ru Алжи́р (country) · de Algerien (country) · cs Alžírsko (country) · sl Alžírija (country) · tg Алҷазоир (country) · arz الجزاير (country) · fi Algeria (country) · ml അൾജീരിയ (country) · ur اَلْجَزَائِر (country) · ky Алжазайыр (country) · an Alcheria (country) · sco Algerie (country) · ta அல்சீரியா (country) · eu Aljeria (country) · crh Cezair (country) · as আলজেৰিয়া (country) · si ඇල්ජීරියාව (country) · luo Aljeria (country) · tk Alžir (country) · kab Lezzayer (country) · ps الجزاير (country) · ban Aljazair (country) · nn Algerie (country) · hy Ալժիր (country) · ce Алжазаира (country) · da Algeriet (country) · sq Algjeria (country) · shn မိူင်းဢႄးၵျီးရီးယႃး (country) · tt Алжир (country) · arq الدزَاير (country) · uz Jazoir (country) · nl Algerije (country) · ta அல்ஜீரியா (country) · kn ಅಲ್ಜೀರಿಯ (country) · tr Cezayir (country) · nb Algerie (country) · sw Algeria (country) · ka ალჟირი (country) · cop ⲛⲓⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ (country) · oc Argeria (country) · cmn 阿爾及利亞 /阿尔及利亚 (country) · co Alghjeria (country) · mk Алжир (country) · scn Algirìa (country) · my အယ်လ်ဂျီးရီးယား (country) · bew Jajaèr (country) · bn আলজেরিয়া (country) · yue 阿爾及利亞 /阿尔及利亚 (country) · ug ئالجىرىيە (country) · ky Алжир (country) · ca Algèria (country) · ia Algeria (country) · am አልጄሪያ (country) · ga An Ailgéir (country) · bew Aljajaèr (country) · ti ኣልጀርያ (country) · rsk Алжир (country) · yi אַלזשיר (country) · fy Algerije (country) · dv ޖަޒާއިރު (country) · is Alsír (country) · ace Aljazair (country) · ar الْجَزَائِر (country) · be Алжы́р (country) · bg Алжи́р (country) · kmr Cezayir (country) · ab Алџьаир (country) · pl Algieria (country) · yi אַלגעריע (country) · lo ອານເຍຣີ (country) · ro Algeria (country) · sh Àlžīr (country) · ast Arxelia (country) · az Əlcəzair (country) · kw Aljeri (country) · sc Algeria (country) · ba Алжир (country) · su Aljazair (country) · it Algeria (country) · ary الجزاير (country) · shi ddzayr (country) · bo ཨཱལ་ཇི་རི་ཡ (country) · vro Alžeeriä (country) · aii ܓܲܙܵܐܝܼܪ (country) · ckb جەزایر (country) · nrf Algérie (country) · oc Algeria (country) · br Aljeria (country) · id Aljazair (country) · na Algeria (country) · gu અલ્જીરિયા (country) · lad Arjelia (country) · ur اَلْجِیرِیا (country) · cy Algeria (country) · aeb دزِايِر (country) · fa-ira اَلْجَزایِر (country) · ady Алжир (country) · ms Algeria (country) · fo Algeria (country) · hu Algéria (country) · ko 알제리 (country) · kk Алжир (country) · ban Algéria (country) · ja アルジェリア (country) · sw Aljeria (country) · ht Aljeri (country) · sq Algjeri (country) · kam Aljeria (country) · chr ᎠᎵᏥᎵᏯ (country) · gl Alxeria (country) · tzm ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ (country) · vi Algérie (country) · uk Алжи́р (country) · jv Algir (country) · be Альжы́р (country) · lv Alžīrija (country) · tzm ⵍⵣⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ (country) · vi An-giê-ri (country) · af Algerië (country) · mer Aljeria (country) · la Algerium (country) · sk Alžírsko (country) · ha Aljeriya (country) · kk Жезаир (country) · haw ʻAlekelia (country) · el Αλγερία (country) · tl Arhelya (country) · nv Aljííya (country) · et Alžeeria (country) · mg Alzeria (country) · luy Aljeria (country) · fr Algérie (country) · es Argelia (country) · hi अल्जीरिया (country) · he אַלְגִ׳ירְיָה (country) · gd Algeria (country) · th แอลจีเรีย (country) · lb Algerien (country) · sh А̀лжӣр (country) · pt Argélia (country) · mt l-Alġerija (country) · wal Aljjeeriya (country) · mr अल्जेरिया (country) · mn Алжир (country) · ab Алжир (country) · lt Alžyras (country) · sv Algeriet (country) · mi Aratiria (country) · rm Algeria (country)