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algeria

/ælˈdʒɪəɹi.ə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
al-ge-ria
IPA
/ælˈdʒɪəɹi.ə/
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers.

name

A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers.

name

A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic جَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip. Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)bor. French Algerbor. English Alger Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia ▲ French Algérieinflu. English Algeria 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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Algérie, الدزَاير, اَلْجَزَائِر, ج ز ر

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ælˈdʒɪəɹi.ə/
  • British English: /ælˈdʒɪəɹi.ə/

Derived Forms

Algerian Algerine

Phrases

French Algeria

Frequently Paired Words

DZ DZA

Rhymes With

syria nigeria criteria bacteria siberia cafeteria iberia assyria listeria elyria seria gaviria

Questions

How do you pronounce algeria?
The recorded pronunciation is /ælˈdʒɪəɹi.ə/.
What does algeria mean?
A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers.
Where does algeria come from?
It is traced to French.

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