Algeria

== English == === Etymology === From Alger +‎ -ia, modified based on French Algérie, from the French Alger (“Algiers”) +‎ -ie, from Algerian Arabic الدزَاير (ed-dzayer), 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. Doublet of Algiers and Algeciras. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ælˈdʒɪəɹiə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ælˈdʒɪɹiə/ Rhymes: -ɪɹiə === Proper noun === Algeria A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. [from 1575] (historical) Ottoman Algeria, also the regency of Algiers or al-Jazā’ir in Arabic, from 1515 to 1830 (historical) French or Colonial Algeria, from 1830 to 1962 The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, since 1962 ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hawaiian: ʻAlekelia → Japanese: アルジェリア (Arujeria) ==== Translations ==== === See also === Appendix:Countries of the world === References === === Anagrams === lairage, regalia == Finnish == === Etymology === From French Algérie. Compare English Algeria. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑlɡeriɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lɡe̞ˌriɑ̝] Rhymes: -iɑ Syllabification(key): Al‧ge‧ri‧a Hyphenation(key): Al‧ge‧ria === Proper noun === Algeria Algeria (a country in North Africa) ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === Algeria partitive singular of Alger ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === regaali == Italian == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /al.d͡ʒeˈri.a/ Rhymes: -ia Hyphenation: Al‧ge‧rì‧a === Proper noun === Algeria f Algeria (a country in North Africa) ==== Derived terms ==== algerino === Anagrams === aligera, regalai, regalia == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Algérie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈd͡ʒe.ri.a/ Rhymes: -eria Hyphenation: Al‧ge‧ri‧a === Proper noun === Algeria f (genitive/dative Algeriei) Algeria (a country in North Africa) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Alger algerian algeriană == Swahili == === Alternative forms === Aljeria === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Algeria Algeria (a country in North Africa) === See also === == Welsh == === Etymology === From English Algeria, from French Algérie, ultimately from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈd͡ʒɛrja/, /alˈd͡ʒiːrja/ === Proper noun === Algeria f Algeria (a country in North Africa) ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Mutation ===