Meanings
- A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers.
- historicalOttoman Algeria, also the regency of Algiers or al-Jazā’ir in Arabic, from 1515 to 1830.First known use 1575
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 - historicalFrench or Colonial Algeria, from 1830 to 1962.First known use 1575
- The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, since 1962.First known use 1575
Origin
- Arabicجَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip.
- Arabicالْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)
- FrenchAlger
- EnglishAlger
- FrenchAlgérieinflu.
- EnglishAlgeria
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.
More words from French, Algerian Arabic, Arabic
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Afrikaans Algerië
- Algeriëcountry
Arabic الْجَزَائِر
- الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)country
Basque Aljeria
- Aljeriacountry
Bengali আলজেরিয়া
- আলজেরিয়া (aljeriẏa)country
Bulgarian Алжи́р
- Алжи́р (Alžír)country
Catalan Algèria
- Algèriacountry
Chinese Cantonese 阿爾及利亞 /阿尔及利亚
- 阿爾及利亞 /阿尔及利亚 (aa³ ji⁵ kap⁶ lei⁶ aa³)country
Chinese Mandarin 阿爾及利亞 /阿尔及利亚
- 阿爾及利亞 /阿尔及利亚 (Ā'ěrjílìyà)country
Czech Alžírsko
- Alžírskocountry
Danish Algeriet
- Algerietcountry
Dutch Algerije
- Algerijecountry
Esperanto Alĝerio
- Alĝeriocountry
Estonian Alžeeria
- Alžeeriacountry
Finnish Algeria
- Algeriacountry
French Algérie
- Algériecountry
German Algerien
- Algeriencountry
Greek Αλγερία
- Αλγερία (Algería)country
Hawaiian ʻAlekelia
- ʻAlekeliacountry
Hebrew אַלְגִ׳ירְיָה
- אַלְגִ׳ירְיָה (aljírya)country
Hindi अल्जीरिया
- अल्जीरिया (aljīriyā)country
Hungarian Algéria
- Algériacountry
Icelandic Alsír
- Alsírcountry
Indonesian Aljazair
- Aljazaircountry
Irish An Ailgéir
- An Ailgéircountry
Italian Algeria
- Algeriacountry
Japanese アルジェリア
- アルジェリア (Arujeria)country
Korean 알제리
- 알제리 (Aljeri)country
Latin Algerium
- Algeriumcountry
Latvian Alžīrija
- Alžīrijacountry
Lithuanian Alžyras
- Alžyrascountry
Malay Algeria
- Algeriacountry
Māori Aratiria
- Aratiriacountry
Norwegian Bokmål Algerie
- Algeriecountry
Polish Algieria
- Algieriacountry
Portuguese Argélia
- Argéliacountry
Romanian Algeria
- Algeriacountry
Russian Алжи́р
- Алжи́р (Alžír)country
Scottish Gaelic Algeria
- Algeriacountry
Slovak Alžírsko
- Alžírskocountry
Spanish Argelia
- Argeliacountry
Swahili Algeria, Aljeria
- Algeriacountry
- Aljeriacountry
Swedish Algeriet
- Algerietcountry
Tagalog Arhelya
- Arhelyacountry
Tamil அல்சீரியா, அல்ஜீரியா
- அல்சீரியா (alcīriyā)country
- அல்ஜீரியா (aljīriyā)country
Thai แอลจีเรีย
- แอลจีเรีย (ɛl-jii-riia)country
Turkish Cezayir
- Cezayircountry
Ukrainian Алжи́р
- Алжи́р (Alžýr)country
Urdu اَلْجَزَائِر, اَلْجِیرِیا
- اَلْجَزَائِر (aljazāir)country
- اَلْجِیرِیا (aljīriyā)country
Vietnamese An-giê-ri, Algérie
- An-giê-ricountry
- Algériecountry
Welsh Algeria
- Algeriacountry
Yiddish אַלזשיר, אַלגעריע
- אַלזשיר (alzhir)country
- אַלגעריע (algerye)country
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Cite this entry
Algeria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Algeria
“Algeria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Algeria. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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