Algiers
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- proper noun
- /ælˈdʒɪrz/
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Argel
- I'll be in Algiers.
- the city of Algiers
- meeting in Algiers
- summit in Algiers
The barriers are still between Algiers and Paris.
- The barriers are still between Algiers and Paris.
- She's just gone into a mosque in Algiers to pray.
- The story of Corbusier in Algiers is worth an afternoon's discussion.
- Corvisia's proposition of building under the freeways in Algiers is not feasible anymore.
Examples
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It's the Battle of Algiers, the battle of Algiers, absolutely fantastic.
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The barriers are still between Algiers and Paris.
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I was told that in Algiers.
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Probably on the next supply truck in from Algiers.
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Indeed, the war on terrorism has brought Washington and Algiers closer than at any other time in recent memory.
Academic text (2003) -
Upon arriving in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, I proceeded to the headquarters of the National Park Service.
Academic text (1991) -
She's just gone into a mosque in Algiers to pray.
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We lived in Algiers.
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Colin disembarked into the heat and bustle of Algiers in 1931.
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The plane was bound for Algiers when it went down in stormy weather.
Synonyms
The main city of Algeria on the Mediterranean coast called Algiers
Surface Forms
Etymology
Algiers comes from the Arabic name al-Jazā'ir, which means 'the islands'. Long ago the city began near a few small islands off the coast, so the name about islands stayed even though the islands are now joined to the land and Algiers is the capital of Algeria.