Etymology

Algerian

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Today it means: A native or inhabitant of Algeria; a person of Algerian citizenship, nationality, or ancestry. Full definition →

First used 1953English Algeria ← French Algérieinflu. ← Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)
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Algerian · noun, adjective1

  1. Arabicجَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip.
  2. Arabicالْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)
  3. FrenchAlger
  4. EnglishAlger
  5. FrenchAlgérieinflu.
  6. EnglishAlgeria
  7. English todayAlgerian

From Algeria + -n.

Algerian · noun, adjective2

  1. Arabicجَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip.
  2. Arabicالْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)
  3. FrenchAlger
  4. EnglishAlger
  5. English todayAlgerian

From Alger (“Algiers”) + -ian.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1953 Wine produced in Algeria.
  • from 1625 A native or inhabitant of the Regency of Algiers, Ottoman Empire.
  • from 1560 Of, from, or pertaining to the Regency of Algiers, its people, or its culture.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.