Algeria

See also: algerià, Algéria, and Algèria

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ælˈdʒɪəɹi.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ælˈdʒɪɹi.ə/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪɹiə

Proper noun

Algeria

2. A country in North Africa
   1. (historical) Ottoman Algeria, also the regency of Algiers or al-Jazā’ir in Arabic, from 1515 to 1830
   2. (historical) French or Colonial Algeria, from 1830 to 1962
   3. The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, since 1962

Derived terms

• Algerian

Translations

country

• Abkhaz: Алжир (Alẑir), Алџьаир (Aldžajr)
• Acehnese: Aljazair
• Adyghe: Алжир (Alžir)
• Afrikaans: Algerië
• Albanian: Algjeri (sq) f (indefinite), Algjeria (sq) f
• Algerian Sign Language: please add this translation if you can
• Amharic: አልጄሪያ (ʾälǧeriya)
• Arabic: الْجَزَائِر‎ (ar) f pl (al-jazāʔir)

  Algerian Arabic: الدزَاير‎ (al-dzayir)

  Egyptian Arabic: الجزاير‎ f (el-gazayer)

  Hassaniya: please add this translation if you can

  Moroccan Arabic: الجزاير‎ (el-jazāyir)

• Aragonese: Alcheria
• Armenian: Ալժիր (hy) (Alžir)
• Assamese: আলজেৰিয়া (alzeria)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܲܙܵܐܝܼܪ‎ (gāzaʾir)
• Asturian: Arxelia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Əlcəzair (az)
• Bashkir: Алжир (Aljer)
• Basque: Aljeria
• Belarusian: Алжы́р m (Alžýr), Альжы́р m (Alʹžýr) (Taraškevica)
• Bengali: আলজেরিয়া (bn) (aljeriẏa)
• Breton: Aljeria (br)
• Bulgarian: Алжи́р m (Alžír)
• Burmese: အယ်လ်ဂျီးရီးယား (ailgyi:ri:ya:)
• Catalan: Algèria (ca) f
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵍⵣⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ (lzzayer), ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ (dzayer)
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏥᎵᏯ (alitsiliya)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿爾及利亞／阿尔及利亚 (aa³ ji⁵ kap⁶ lei⁶ aa³)

  Mandarin: 阿爾及利亞／阿尔及利亚 (zh) (Ā'ěrjílìyà)

• Coptic: ⲛⲓⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ (ninēsos)
• Cornish: Aljeri
• Corsican: Algeria f, Alghjeria f
• Crimean Tatar: Cezair
• Czech: Alžírsko (cs) n
• Danish: Algeriet (da) n
• Dhivehi: ޖަޒާއިރު‎ (jazāiru)
• Dutch: Algerije (nl) n
• Esperanto: Alĝerio (eo)
• Estonian: Alžeeria (et)
• Faroese: Algeria n
• Finnish: Algeria (fi)
• French: Algérie (fr) f
• Galician: Alxeria (gl) f
• Georgian: ალჟირი (ka) (alžiri)
• German: Algerien (de) n
• Greek: Αλγερία (el) f (Algería)
• Haitian Creole: Aljeri
• Hausa: Aljeriya
• Hawaiian: ʻAlekelia
• Hebrew: אַלְגִ׳ירְיָה‎ f (aljírya)
• Hindi: अल्जीरिया (hi) m (aljīriyā)
• Hungarian: Algéria (hu)
• Icelandic: Alsír (is) n
• Indonesian: Aljazair (id)
• Interlingua: Algeria
• Irish: An Ailgéir f
• Italian: Algeria (it) f
• Japanese: アルジェリア (ja) (Arujeria)
• Kabardian: Алджазаир (Aldžazajir)
• Kabyle: Leddzayer, Lezzayer
• Kalenjin: Aljeria
• Kamba: Aljeria
• Kannada: ಅಲ್ಜೀರಿಯ (aljīriya)
• Kazakh: Алжир (kk) (Aljir), Жезаир (Jezair)
• Khmer: អាល់ហ្សេរី (ʼalzeerii)
• Kikuyu: Aljeria
• Korean: 알제리 (ko) (Aljeri)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: جەزایر‎ (cezayr)

  Northern Kurdish: Cezayir (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Алжир (ky) (Aljir)
• Ladino: Arjelia
• Lao: ອານເຍຣີ (ʼān nyē rī)
• Latin: Algerium
• Latvian: Alžīrija f
• Lithuanian: Alžyras (lt) m
• Luhya: Aljeria
• Luo: Aljeria
• Luxembourgish: Algerien
• Macedonian: Алжир (mk) m (Alžir)
• Malagasy: Alzeria
• Malay: Algeria (ms)
• Malayalam: അൾജീരിയ (aḷjīriya)
• Maltese: l-Alġerija f
• Maori: Aratiria
• Meru: Aljeria
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Алжир (Alžir)

• Nauruan: Algeria
• Navajo: Aljííya
• Norman: Algérie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Algerie (no)

  Nynorsk: Algerie (nn)

• Occitan: Argeria (oc) f
• Pashto: الجزاير‎ (ps) m (alǰazāyᶕr)
• Persian: الجزایر‎ (fa) (aljazâyer)
• Polish: Algieria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Argélia (pt) f
• Romanian: Algeria (ro) f
• Romansch: Algeria
• Russian: Алжи́р (ru) m (Alžír)
• Sardinian: Algeria f
• Scots: Algerie
• Scottish Gaelic: Algeria
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: А̀лжӣр m

  Roman: Àlžīr (sh) m

• Shan: မိူင်းဢႄးၵျီးရီးယႃး (móeng ʼáae kjíi ríi yáa)
• Sicilian: Algirìa f
• Sinhalese: ඇල්ජීරියාව (æljīriyāwa)
• Slovak: Alžírsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Alžírija (sl) f
• Spanish: Argelia (es) f
• Swahili: Algeria (sw), Aljeria (sw)
• Swedish: Algeriet (sv) n
• Tachawit: please add this translation if you can
• Tagalog: Arhelya
• Tajik: Алҷазоир (tg) (Aljazoyir)
• Tamil: அல்சீரியா (alcīriyā)
• Tashelhit: please add this translation if you can
• Tatar: Әлҗәзаир (Älcäzair), Алжир (Aljir)
• Thai: แอลจีเรีย (th) (ɛl-jii-riia)
• Tibetan: ཨཱལ་ཇི་རི་ཡ (āl ji ri ya)
• Tigrinya: ኣልጀርያ (ʾalǧärya)
• Turkish: Cezayir (tr)
• Turkmen: Alžir
• Ukrainian: Алжи́р (uk) m (Alžýr)
• Urdu: الجزائر‎ m (aljazā'ir), الجیریا‎ m (aljīriyā)
• Uyghur: ئالجىرىيە‎ (ug) (aljiriye)
• Uzbek: Jazoir (uz)
• Vietnamese: An-giê-ri
• Võro: Alžeeriä
• Welsh: Algeria (cy)
• West Frisian: Algerije n
• Yiddish: אַלזשיר‎ (alzhir), אַלגעריע‎ (algerye)
• Yoruba: Àlùgèríánì

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]}

Further reading

• Algeria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• lairage, regalia

Finnish

Etymology

From French Algérie. Compare English Algeria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɡeriɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lɡe̞ˌriɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Al‧ge‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Algeria

2. Algeria (a country in Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Algeria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Algeriatta	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Algeria (type kulkija)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Algeriani — accusative nom. Algeriani — gen. Algeriani genitive Algeriani — partitive Algeriaani — inessive Algeriassani — elative Algeriastani — illative Algeriaani — adessive Algeriallani — ablative Algerialtani — allative Algerialleni — essive Algerianani — translative Algeriakseni — instructive — — abessive Algeriattani — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Algeriasi — accusative nom. Algeriasi — gen. Algeriasi genitive Algeriasi — partitive Algeriaasi — inessive Algeriassasi — elative Algeriastasi — illative Algeriaasi — adessive Algeriallasi — ablative Algerialtasi — allative Algeriallesi — essive Algerianasi — translative Algeriaksesi — instructive — — abessive Algeriattasi — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Algeriamme — accusative nom. Algeriamme — gen. Algeriamme genitive Algeriamme — partitive Algeriaamme — inessive Algeriassamme — elative Algeriastamme — illative Algeriaamme — adessive Algeriallamme — ablative Algerialtamme — allative Algeriallemme — essive Algerianamme — translative Algeriaksemme — instructive — — abessive Algeriattamme — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Algerianne — accusative nom. Algerianne — gen. Algerianne genitive Algerianne — partitive Algeriaanne — inessive Algeriassanne — elative Algeriastanne — illative Algeriaanne — adessive Algeriallanne — ablative Algerialtanne — allative Algeriallenne — essive Algeriananne — translative Algeriaksenne — instructive — — abessive Algeriattanne — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Algeriansa — accusative nom. Algeriansa — gen. Algeriansa genitive Algeriansa — partitive Algeriaansa — inessive Algeriassaan Algeriassansa — elative Algeriastaan Algeriastansa — illative Algeriaansa — adessive Algeriallaan Algeriallansa — ablative Algerialtaan Algerialtansa — allative Algerialleen Algeriallensa — essive Algerianaan Algerianansa — translative Algeriakseen Algeriaksensa — instructive — — abessive Algeriattaan Algeriattansa — comitative — —

Proper noun

Algeria

1. partitive singular of Alger

Anagrams

• regaali

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

• IPA^(key): /al.d͡ʒeˈri.a/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: Al‧ge‧rì‧a

Proper noun

Algeria f

2. Algeria (a country in Africa)

Derived terms

• algerino

Anagrams

• aligera, regalai, regalia

Swahili

Alternative forms

• Aljeria

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Proper noun

Algeria

2. Algeria (a country in Africa)

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]}