Algeria
English edit
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Etymology edit
Modified from French Algérie, from the French Alger (“Algiers”) + -ie, from Algerian Arabic الدزَاير (al-dzayir), 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.[1] Doublet of Algiers and Algeciras.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ælˈdʒɪəɹi.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ælˈdʒɪɹi.ə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪɹiə
Proper noun edit
Algeria
- A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital: Algiers.
- (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 edit
Translations edit
country
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See also edit
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
References edit
- ^ Stephan Guth, editor (2013–2024), “ǧazar‑ جَزَرَ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Arabic[1], University of Oslo, Bibliotheca Polyglotta, retrieved 30 July 2019.
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From French Algérie. Compare English Algeria.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Algeria
- Algeria (a country in North Africa)
Declension edit
| Inflection of Algeria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Algeria | — | ||
| genitive | Algerian | — | ||
| partitive | Algeriaa | — | ||
| illative | Algeriaan | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Algeria | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Algeria | — | |
| gen. | Algerian | |||
| genitive | Algerian | — | ||
| partitive | Algeriaa | — | ||
| inessive | Algeriassa | — | ||
| elative | Algeriasta | — | ||
| illative | Algeriaan | — | ||
| adessive | Algerialla | — | ||
| ablative | Algerialta | — | ||
| allative | Algerialle | — | ||
| essive | Algeriana | — | ||
| translative | Algeriaksi | — | ||
| abessive | Algeriatta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Proper noun edit
Algeria
Derived terms edit
compounds
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
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Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
Algeria f
- Algeria (a country in North Africa)
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Swahili edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun edit
Algeria
- Algeria (a country in North Africa)
See also edit
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From English Algeria, from French Algérie, ultimately from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Algeria f
- Algeria (a country in North Africa)
Derived terms edit
- Algeraidd (“Algerian”, adjective)
- Algeriad (“Algerian (man/woman)”)
- Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd Pobl Algeria (“People's Democratic Republic of Algeria”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| Algeria | unchanged | unchanged | Halgeria |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
See also edit
- (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Africa, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda (Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]