Alger
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Alger
See also: alger
English
Proper noun
Alger
- (rare) A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Elgar.
- A surname.
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Catalan
Etymology
From Arabic الجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, literally “the islands”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alger m
- Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)
Derived terms
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Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Al‧ger
Noun
Alger
- a male given name
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alger
- Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)
Declension
| Inflection of Alger (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Alger | — | |
| genitive | Algerin | — | |
| partitive | Algeria | — | |
| illative | Algeriin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Alger | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Alger | — |
| gen. | Algerin | ||
| genitive | Algerin | — | |
| partitive | Algeria | — | |
| inessive | Algerissa | — | |
| elative | Algerista | — | |
| illative | Algeriin | — | |
| adessive | Algerilla | — | |
| ablative | Algerilta | — | |
| allative | Algerille | — | |
| essive | Algerina | — | |
| translative | Algeriksi | — | |
| abessive | Algeritta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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French
Etymology
Borrowed 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
Proper noun
Alger f
- Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)
Anagrams
Romanian
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Alger
- Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)
Related terms
Swedish
Proper noun
Alger n (genitive Algers)
- Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)