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.

Example Sentences

Their destination was Dubai’s Port of Jebel Ali, a major trading hub, but the jets, missiles and rockets crisscrossing Middle Eastern skies had diverted one ship to the Netherlands and another to Algeria.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

This week, the upheaval in the Persian Gulf sent Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to Algeria to firm up gas supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Italy, Europe’s largest importer of Qatari LNG, sent Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to Algeria to secure gas supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

As a politics student, he opposed France's war with independence fighters in Algeria and flirted with Trotskyism.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Carl Eifler stood on the balcony of the Office of Strategic Services office in the city of Algiers, Algeria.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin