Algeria

American  

[al-jeer-ee-uh] / ælˈdʒɪər i ə /

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.

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Algeria British  

/ ælˈdʒɪərɪə /

noun

1. French name: Algérie.  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)

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Algeria Cultural  

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.

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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.

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And in Algeria, the precise sites where France buried radioactive waste after its tests there remain undisclosed, the report said.

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Amel herself had been working as an engineer and had come to Germany from Algeria at the age of four.

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Many families in Algeria enjoy "trèze", a combination of sweets, dried fruit and nuts, after the main meal.

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Even his country of choice for exile -- Algeria, a nation with which Mali has strained diplomatic relations -- is a source of irritation for the junta.

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That is the same number of goals as Osimhen, who scored one and made another as Nigeria ended Algeria's hopes in the first game of the day in Marrakesh.

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