Algiers

American

[al-jeerz] / ælˈdʒɪərz /

noun

a seaport in and the capital of Algeria, in the N part.
one of the former Barbary States in N Africa: now modern Algeria.

Algiers British

/ ælˈdʒɪəz /

noun

French name: Alger. Arabic name: Al-Jezair. the capital of Algeria, an ancient port on the Mediterranean; until 1830 a centre of piracy. Pop: 3 260 000 (2005 est)

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Algiers Cultural

Capital of Algeria and largest city in the country, located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

Example Sentences

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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

French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal was then arrested at Algiers airport in and jailed for five years, before being pardoned by Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune last month.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

My great-grandfather was a port officer in Algiers, spying for the Allies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Stellenbosch trail Chabab Belouizdad on goal difference after the Algerian club beat Singida Black Stars of Tanzania 2-0 in Algiers.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

The old people’s home is at Marengo, about eighty kilometers from Algiers, I’ll take the two o’clock bus and get there in the afternoon.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

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