Algeria
English
Etymology
Modified from French Algérie, from the French Alger (“Algiers”) + -ie, from Algerian Arabic الدزَاير (al-dzayir), 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.[1]
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪɹiə
Proper noun
Algeria
- A country in North Africa
- Ottoman Algeria, also the regency of Algiers or Al Jazâ'ir in Arabic, from 1515 to 1830
- French or Colonial Algeria, from 1830 to 1962
- People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, since 1962
Derived terms
Translations
country
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See also
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
References
- ^ Stephan Guth, editor (2013–2024), “ǧazar‑ جَزَرَ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Arabic[1], University of Oslo, Bibliotheca Polyglotta, retrieved 30 July 2019.
Further reading
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Algeria
Declension
Inflection of Algeria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Algeria | — | |
genitive | Algerian | — | |
partitive | Algeriaa | — | |
illative | Algeriaan | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Algeria | — | |
accusative | nom. | Algeria | — |
gen. | Algerian | ||
genitive | Algerian | — | |
partitive | Algeriaa | — | |
inessive | Algeriassa | — | |
elative | Algeriasta | — | |
illative | Algeriaan | — | |
adessive | Algerialla | — | |
ablative | Algerialta | — | |
allative | Algerialle | — | |
essive | Algeriana | — | |
translative | Algeriaksi | — | |
abessive | Algeriatta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Proper noun
Algeria
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Algeria f
Derived terms
Anagrams
Swahili
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Proper noun
Algeria
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
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- English terms borrowed from French
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