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Algiers.

The capital and largest city of Algeria.

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Meaning & usage

name/ælˈdʒɪə(ɹ)z/UK/ælˈd͡ʒiɹz/US
  1. The capital and largest city of Algeria.

  2. The Algerian government.

    metonymically
  3. A province of Algeria.

  4. A historical autonomous province and vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, located in what is now the country of Algeria, also called the Regency of Algiers.

    historical
  5. A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Where this word comes from

From French Alger, 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. Doublet of Algeria and Algeciras. For the New Orleans neighborhood, the name is ultimately uncertain.

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