Algeria
UK/ælˈdʒɪəɹi.ə/
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British/alˈdʒɪːɹɪjə/
Algeria proper noun: ottoman Algeria, also the regency of Algiers or al-Jazā’ir in Arabic, from 1515 to 1830.
Proper noun
Algeria
- Ottoman Algeria, also the regency of Algiers or al-Jazā’ir in Arabic, from 1515 to 1830.
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- French or Colonial Algeria, from 1830 to 1962.
- The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, since 1962.
Algeria meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Algeria in Hindi
- country
- अल्जीरिया aljīriyā
Algeria in Tamil
- country
- அல்சீரியா alcīriyā, அல்ஜீரியா aljīriyā
Algeria in Marathi
- country
- अल्जेरिया aljeriyā
Algeria in Urdu
- country
- اَلْجَزَائِر aljazāir, اَلْجِیرِیا aljīriyā
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- Algeria in Bengali
- আলজেরিয়া aljeriẏa
- Algeria in Malayalam
- അൾജീരിയ aḷjīriya
- Algeria in Kannada
- ಅಲ್ಜೀರಿಯ aljīriya
- Algeria in Gujarati
- અલ્જીરિયા aljīriyā
- Algeria in Sinhala
- ඇල්ජීරියාව æljīriyāwa
- Algeria in Assamese
- আলজেৰিয়া alzeria
- Algeria in Pashto
- الجزاير aljazāyᶕr
- Algeria in Tagalog
- Arhelya
- Algeria in Arabic
- الْجَزَائِر al-jazāʔir
- Algeria in Malay
- Algeria
- Algeria in Indonesian
- Aljazair
- Algeria in Thai
- แอลจีเรีย ɛl-jii-riia
- Algeria in Vietnamese
- An-giê-ri, Algérie
- Algeria in Myanmar
- အယ်လ်ဂျီးရီးယား ailgyi:ri:ya:
- Dhivehi
- ޖަޒާއިރު jazāiru
Origin of Algeria
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.
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Questions about Algeria
- What does Algeria mean?
- Algeria means ottoman Algeria, also the regency of Algiers or al-Jazā’ir in Arabic, from 1515 to 1830.
- What is Algeria in Hindi?
- Algeria in Hindi is अल्जीरिया (aljīriyā). See Algeria meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Algeria?
- Algeria is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Algeria?
- Algeria is pronounced /ælˈdʒɪəɹi.ə/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Algeria (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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