Algiers

Al·giers (

l-jîrz

)

The capital and largest city of Algeria, in the north on the Bay of Algiers, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea. An ancient North African port, Algiers was captured by French forces in 1830 and was later a pivotal center of the struggle for Algerian independence. Population: 1,980,000.

Algiers [ælˈdʒɪəz]

(Placename) the capital of Algeria, an ancient port on the Mediterranean; until 1830 a centre of piracy. Pop.: 1 519 570 (1998) Arabic name Al-Jezair [ˌældʒɛˈzɑːɪə] French name Alger [alʒe]

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Algiers - an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria

Algerian capital

Algeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria - a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s

Translations

Algiers [ælˈdʒɪəz] N → Argel m

Algiers [ælˈdʒɪə^rz] n → Alger

Algiers

n → Algier nt

Algiers [ælˈdʒɪəz] n → Algeri fsg

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Algeria Algerian Algerian capital Algerie Barlow Blida capital Constantine Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria dey Oran port rodomontade Timbuctoo	The post-mark (Algiers) had aroused my interest and curiosity, es-pecially at this time, since it was Algiers that was presently to witness the termination of my coming sea voyage in search of sport and adventure. Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context My father must have told us that night about Cervantes as well as about his 'Don Quixote', for I seem to have known from the beginning that he was once a slave in Algiers, and that he had lost a hand in battle, and I loved him with a sort of personal affection, as if he were still living and he could somehow return my love. My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context Morison to write a letter to the British consul at Algiers, dictating the exact phraseology of it with a fluency that indicated to his captive that this was not the first time the old rascal had had occasion to negotiate with English relatives for the ransom of a kinsman. The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context	algebraic number Algebraic sum algebraical Algebraically Algebraist Algebraize Algeciras Alger Algeria Algerian Algerian capital Algerian centime Algerian dinar Algerian monetary unit Algerie algerine Algeripithecus Algeripithecus minutus Algernon Charles Swinburne algesia algicide algid Algid cholera algidity Algidness Algiers Algific algin alginate alginic acid algo- algogenic algoid Algol algolagnia algolagnic Algological Algologist algology algometer algometric algometrical algometry Algonkian Algonkin Algonquian Algonquian language Algonquin Algonquin Park algophilia algophobia	algesthesis algetic Alghero, Sardinia, Italy - Fertilia Alghisi, Paris Francesco ALGI Algic Algic languages algicidal algicidal algicidal algicide algicide algicide algicides algicides algicides ALGICO algid algid Algid cholera algid malaria algid stage algid stage algid stage algid stage Algida algidity algidity Algidness Algie Vasculaire de la Face Algiers Algiers Charter Schools Association Algiers Economic Development Foundation Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria Algiers, Algeria - Houari Boumedienne Algiers, Battle of Algific Algil Algil Algil ALGIM Algimantas Baltakis Algimantas Vlado Stoshkus algin algin algin alginate alginate alginate alginate Alginate/Polyethylenimine/Protamine/Heparin Alginates Alginates Alginates Alginates Algine Algine Algine alginic acid

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The post-mark (Algiers) had aroused my interest and curiosity, es-pecially at this time, since it was Algiers that was presently to witness the termination of my coming sea voyage in search of sport and adventure.

Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

My father must have told us that night about Cervantes as well as about his 'Don Quixote', for I seem to have known from the beginning that he was once a slave in Algiers, and that he had lost a hand in battle, and I loved him with a sort of personal affection, as if he were still living and he could somehow return my love.

My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context

Morison to write a letter to the British consul at Algiers, dictating the exact phraseology of it with a fluency that indicated to his captive that this was not the first time the old rascal had had occasion to negotiate with English relatives for the ransom of a kinsman.

The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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