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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/
: 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

Algerie
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A country in northwest Africa on the Mediterranean Sea

is the standard English form rather than the French spelling

The official name of Algeria, a country in North Africa

is the common everyday name rather than the full formal title

Compounds

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

The official name of Algeria, a country in North Africa

Surface Forms

Algeria main

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.