Algerian
Americanadjective
noun
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Origin of Algerian
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Zidane, a second-generation Algerian immigrant raised in the concrete high rises of northern Marseille, was the talisman and face of a multi-cultural Les Bleus team that finally delivered the globe's biggest footballing prize.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday described the U.A.E.’s withdrawal as a “non-event.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Zakia Zaghouani, 24, had been employed at the Sahara Hotel, a tourist destination in an unnamed Algerian city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 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
Remember the Algerian cab driver, speaking openly of his hatred of Paris, then looking at your mother and me and insisting that we were all united under Africa.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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