Algiers

English

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر‎ (al-jazāʾir, “the islands”), plural of جَزِيرَة‎ (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ælˈdʒɪəz/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ælˈdʒɪɹz/

Proper noun

Algiers

1. The capital city of Algeria.

Translations

the capital of Algeria

• Amharic: አልጀርስ (ʾälǧärs)
• Arabic: اَلْجَزَائِر‎ (ar) (al-jazāʾir)

  Algerian Arabic: دْزاير‎ (dzayer)

  Egyptian Arabic: الجزاير‎ (el-gazāyer)

• Armenian: Ալժիր (hy) (Alžir)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܙܐܝܪ‎
• Azerbaijani: Əlcəzair (az)
• Belarusian: Алжы́р m (Alžýr)
• Bulgarian: Алжи́р m (Alžír)
• Catalan: Alger m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾及爾 (zh), 阿尔及尔 (zh) (Ā'ěrjí'ěr)

• Corsican: Algeri
• Czech: Alžír (cs) m
• Danish: Algier (da)
• Dutch: Algiers (nl)
• Esperanto: Alĝero (eo)
• Finnish: Alger (fi)
• French: Alger (fr)
• Galician: Alxer (gl)
• German: Algier (de)
• Greek: Αλγέρι n (Algéri)
• Hebrew: אלג׳יר‎ (aljír)
• Hungarian: Algír (hu)
• Icelandic: Algeirsborg
• Ido: Aljer (io)
• Indonesian: Aljir

• Irish: Cathair na hAilgéire f
• Italian: Algeri (it)
• Japanese: アルジェ (Aruje)
• Kabyle: ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻ (dzayer)
• Korean: 알제 (Alje)
• Latin: Algeria f
• Latvian: Alžīra
• Lithuanian: Alžyras (lt)
• Macedonian: Алжир (mk) m (Alžir)
• Maltese: Alġier
• Navajo: Áljiis
• Persian: الجزیره‎ (aljazire)
• Polish: Algier (pl) m
• Portuguese: Argel (pt) m
• Romanian: Alger (ro)
• Russian: Алжи́р (ru) m (Alžír)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Алжир m

  Roman: Alžir (sh) m

• Slovak: Alžír (sk) m
• Spanish: Argel (es) m
• Swedish: Alger (sv)
• Tajik: Алҷазира (Aljazira)
• Thai: แอลเจียร์ส (aaenjiiàt), อัลเจียร์ส (anjiiàt)
• Turkish: Cezayir (tr)
• Ukrainian: Алжи́р (uk) m (Alžýr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: אַלזשיר‎ (alzhir)

Anagrams

• airlegs, largies, sea-girl

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Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر‎ (al-jazāʾir). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑlˈɣiːrs/
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• Hyphenation: Al‧giers
• Rhymes: -iːrs

Proper noun

Algiers n

1. Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)