Algiers

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Etymology

From French Algiers, 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. Doublet of Algeria and Algeciras.

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Proper noun

Algiers

  2. The capital and largest city of Algeria.
  4. A province of Algeria.

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Proper noun

Algiers

  1. Algiers (the capital and largest city of Algeria)

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Adjective

Algiers (attributive Algierse, not comparable)

  1. of, from, or pertaining to the Algerian city Algiers or its inhabitants

Dutch

Etymology

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

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Proper noun

Algiers n

  1. Algiers (the capital and largest city of Algeria)
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