Algeria

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• (RP) IPA: /ælˈdʒɪəriə/

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Etymology

From Arabic الجزائر (al-jazā’ir, “the islands”), plural of جزيرة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.

Proper noun

Algeria

1. A country in Northern Africa. Official name: People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria.

Derived terms

• Algerian

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Algerië (af)
• Albanian: Algjeria (sq)
• Arabic: الجزائر (ar) (al-jazāʾir) pl

  Egyptian Arabic: الجزاير (e'gazayer) f

• Armenian: Ալժիր (hy) (Alžir)
• Asturian: Arxelia (ast) f
• Azeri: Əlcəzair (az)
• Basque: Aljeria (eu)
• Belarusian: Алжыр (be) (Alžýr) m, Альжыр (be) (Al'žýr) m (Taraškevica orthography)
• Bengali: আলজেরিয়া (bn)
• Breton: Aljeria (br)
• Bulgarian: Алжир (bg) (Alžír) m
• Catalan: Algèria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾及利亞 (cmn), 阿尔及利亚 (cmn) (Ā'ěrjílìyà)

• Cornish: Aljeri (kw)
• Czech: Alžírsko (cs) n
• Danish: Algeriet (da)
• Dutch: Algerije (nl)
• Esperanto: Alĝerio (eo)
• Estonian: Alžeeria (et)
• Faroese: Algeria (fo) n
• Finnish: Algeria (fi)
• French: Algérie (fr) f
• Galician: Alxeria (gl) f
• Georgian: ალჟირი (ka) (alžiri)
• German: Algerien (de) n
• Greek: Αλγερία (el) (Algería) f
• Hausa: Aljeriya
• Hawaiian: ʻAlekelia
• Hebrew: אלג׳יריה (he) (Aljiriya) f
• Hindi: अल्जीरिया (hi) (Aljīriyā)
• Hungarian: Algéria (hu)
• Icelandic: Alsír (is) n
• Indonesian: Aljazair (id)
• Interlingua: Algeria (ia)
• Irish: An Ailgéir (ga) f, Daon-Phoblacht Dhaonlathach na hAilgéire (ga) f
• Italian: Algeria (it) f
• Japanese: アルジェリア (ja) (Arujeria)
• Kabyle: Leddzayer
• Kalenjin: Aljeria
• Kamba: Aljeria

• Kikuyu: Aljeria
• Korean: 알제리 (ko) (Aljeri)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: جه‌زایر (ku)

• Latin: Algerium (la)
• Latvian: Alžīrija (lv)
• Lithuanian: Alžyras (lt)
• Luhya: Aljeria
• Luo: Aljeria
• Macedonian: Алжир (mk) (Álžir) m
• Malay: Algeria (ms)
• Maltese: l-Alġerija
• Meru: Aljeria
• Nauruan: Algeria (na)
• Navajo: Aljííya
• Norwegian: Algerie (no)
• Occitan: Argeria (oc) f
• Persian: الجزایر (fa) (Aljazâyer)
• Polish: Algieria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Argélia (pt) f
• Romanian: Algeria (ro) f
• Romansch: Algeria (rm)
• Russian: Алжир (ru) (Alžír) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Algeria (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Алжир (sh) m

  Roman: Alžir (sh) m

• Slovak: Alžírsko (sk)
• Slovene: Alžírija (sl) f
• Spanish: Argelia (es) f
• Swahili: Aljeria (sw), Ualjeri (sw)
• Swedish: Algeriet (sv)
• Tagalog: Algeria (tl)
• Tajik: Алҷазоир (tg) (Aljazoir)
• Thai: ประเทศแอลจีเรีย (th) (pràthàèt aenjiria)
• Turkish: Cezayir (tr)
• Ukrainian: Алжир (uk) (Alžýr) m
• Urdu: الجزائر (ur) (Aljazâ’ir)
• Võro: Alžeeriä
• Welsh: Algeria (cy)
• Yiddish: אַלזשיר (yi) (Alzhir)

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world
• Appendix:Place names in Algeria

Anagrams

• regalia

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Proper noun

Algeria

1. Algeria

Declension

Declension of Algeria (type kulkija) singular plural nominative Algeria – genitive Algerian – partitive Algeriaa – accusative Algeria Algerian – inessive Algeriassa – elative Algeriasta – illative Algeriaan – adessive Algerialla – ablative Algerialta – allative Algerialle – essive Algeriana – translative Algeriaksi – instructive – – abessive Algeriatta – comitative – – 1) Rare.

Proper noun

Algeria

1. Partitive singular form of Alger.

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Proper noun

Algeria

1. Algeria

Derived terms

• algerino

Anagrams

• regalai
• regalia