Algerian

American  

[al-jeer-ee-uhn] / ælˈdʒɪər i ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Algeria or its inhabitants.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Algeria.

Algerian British  

/ ælˈdʒɪərɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Algeria or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Algeria

Other Word Forms

• anti-Algerian adjective
• pro-Algerian adjective
• trans-Algerian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Algerian

First recorded in 1870–75; Algeri(a) + -an

Example Sentences

He was deep in the twilight of his life when de Gaulle became prime minister in 1958 as a result of the Algerian crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Spain’s foreign minister traveled to Algiers the following day to also seek assurances that Algerian gas would continue to flow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Florence Miailhe’s oil-painted memory play tells of Alfred Nakache, a French swimmer of Algerian Jewish descent who finished ahead of Nazi competitors at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, joined the Resistance and survived Auschwitz.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

The writer spent almost a year imprisoned in Algeria over his comments about the country but was pardoned by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on November 12.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

This time, he claimed to have noticed the eerie similarity between Jackson’s speech on behalf of slavery and one delivered a century earlier by an Algerian pirate named Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis