Algiers
English


Etymology
From FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#ALGIERSCategory:English terms derived from French#ALGIERS Alger, from ArabicCategory:English terms derived from Arabic#ALGIERS اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers. Doublet of Algeria and AlgecirasCategory:English doublets#ALGIERS. For the New Orleans neighborhood, the name is ultimately uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ælˈdʒɪə(ɹ)z/Category:English 2-syllable words#ALGIERSCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ALGIERS
- (US) IPA(key): /ælˈd͡ʒiɹz/Category:English 2-syllable words#ALGIERSCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ALGIERS
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)zCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)z#ALGIERSCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)z/2 syllables#ALGIERS
Proper noun
AlgiersCategory:English lemmas#ALGIERSCategory:English proper nouns#ALGIERSCategory:English uncountable nouns#ALGIERSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALGIERSCategory:Pages with entries#ALGIERSCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ALGIERS
- The capital and largest city of AlgeriaCategory:en:Algiers#ALGIERSCategory:en:Cities in Algeria#ALGIERSCategory:en:National capitals#ALGIERSCategory:en:Places in Algeria#ALGIERS.
- A province of AlgeriaCategory:en:Provinces of Algeria#ALGIERSCategory:en:Places in Algeria#ALGIERS.
- (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#ALGIERS) A historical autonomous province and vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, located in what is now the country of AlgeriaCategory:en:Former political divisions#ALGIERSCategory:en:Places in Algeria#ALGIERS, also called the Regency of Algiers.
- A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United StatesCategory:en:Neighborhoods of New Orleans#ALGIERSCategory:en:Places in New Orleans#ALGIERSCategory:en:Places in Louisiana, USA#ALGIERSCategory:en:Places in the United States#ALGIERS.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
Category:English exonyms#ALGIERS Category:en:Ottoman Empire#ALGIERSAfrikaans
Proper noun
AlgiersCategory:Afrikaans lemmas#ALGIERSCategory:Afrikaans proper nouns#ALGIERSCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#ALGIERSCategory:Pages with entries#ALGIERSCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ALGIERS
- Algiers (the capital and largest city of Algeria)Category:af:Algiers#ALGIERSCategory:af:Algiers#ALGIERSCategory:af:Cities in Algeria#ALGIERSCategory:af:National capitals#ALGIERSCategory:af:Places in Algeria#ALGIERS
Derived terms
Adjective
Algiers (attributive Algierse, not comparable)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#ALGIERSCategory:Afrikaans adjectives#ALGIERSCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#ALGIERSCategory:Pages with entries#ALGIERSCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ALGIERS
- of, from, or pertaining to the Algerian city Algiers or its inhabitants
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from ArabicCategory:Dutch terms derived from Arabic#ALGIERS اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Category:Requests for expansion of etymologies in Dutch entries#ALGIERS
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑlˈɣiːrs/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#ALGIERS
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#ALGIERSAudio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: Al‧giers
- Rhymes: -iːrsCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/iːrs#ALGIERS
Proper noun
Algiers nCategory:Dutch lemmas#ALGIERSCategory:Dutch proper nouns#ALGIERSCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#ALGIERSCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#ALGIERSCategory:Pages with entries#ALGIERSCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ALGIERS
