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Algeria

Algeria

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A country in northwest Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with Algiers as its capital
  • proper noun
  • /ælˈdʒɪəriə/
translation icon : Argelia
  • The Sahara Desert covers a large part of Algeria, making it a unique destination for travelers.
  • Algeria and Tunisia
  • Algeria and Morocco
  • Algeria and Libya

And I've never been to Algeria, but what's the food like?

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Synonyms

The official name of Algeria, a country in North Africa

is the common everyday name rather than the full formal title
Algerie
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A country in northwest Africa on the Mediterranean Sea

is the standard English form rather than the French spelling

Compounds

The official name of Algeria, a country in North Africa

An armed group in Algeria that used violence in the 1990s to try to create an Islamic state

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Algeria = Algiers (transparent) = Algiers + ia

The name is clearly formed from the city name 'Algiers' plus the country-forming suffix '-ia', a recognizable pattern in English place names.

Etymology

Algeria comes from the name of its capital, Algiers, which comes from the Arabic al-Jazā'ir meaning 'the islands' because small islands once stood off the city's coast, and the country took its name from that city.