Algeria

[ al-jeer-ee-uh ]

noun

1. a republic in NW Africa: formerly comprised 13 departments of France; gained independence 1962. 919,352 sq. mi. (2,381,122 sq. km). : Algiers.

Algeria

/ ælˈdʒɪərɪə /

noun

1. a republic in NW Africa, on the Mediterranean: became independent in 1962, after more than a century of French rule; one-party constitution adopted in 1976; religious extremists led a campaign of violence from 1988 until 2000; consists chiefly of the N Sahara, with the Atlas Mountains in the north, and contains rich deposits of oil and natural gas. Official languages: Arabic and Berber; French also widely spoken. Religion: Muslim. Currency: dinar. Capital: Algiers. Pop: 38 087 812 (2013 est). Area: about 2 382 800 sq km (920 000 sq miles) French nameAlgériealʒeri

Algeria

1. Republic in northwest Africa , bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea , to the east by Tunisia and Libya , to the south by Niger and Mali , and to the west by Mauritania and Morocco . Its capital and largest city is Algiers .

Notes

Colonized by France in the nineteenth century, Algeria was involved in a long and bloody battle for independence, gaining full autonomy in the early 1960s.

Example Sentences

Diplomats from Egypt, Chad, Tunisia, Algeria and Sudan have met in Cairo to discuss how to halt the violence in Libya.

From The Daily Beast

Some of his earliest writing consisted of newspaper reports on the appalling condition of the non-European population in Algeria.

From The Daily Beast

There were nearly twice the number of settlers in Algeria as there are east of the Green Line and they were all evacuated.

From The Daily Beast

On August 29, the Pentagon announced that Hadjarab had been repatriated to Algeria.

From The Daily Beast

We winked at a coup that overturned free elections in Algeria in 1992.

From The Daily Beast

However, a sojourn in a milder climate might prolong his life for a few months; so he advised Algeria.

From Project Gutenberg

Mademoiselle Fanchette was at first very attentive to the valet, and seemed to think less than ever of the "homme" in Algeria.

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Travellers even tell that in Algeria there are ant cemeteries near the ant-heaps.

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The lion of South Africa differs in many points from that of Algeria, of whom we are going to speak.

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France has gorged Kabylia, with the rest of Algeria, but she has never digested it.

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