Algeria
English
Etymology
From Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʾir, “the islands”), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ælˈdʒɪəɹi.ə/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Algeria
- A country in Northern Africa. Official name: People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria.
Derived terms
Translations
country
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See also
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- Appendix:Place names in Algeria
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of Algeria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Algeria | — | |
| genitive | Algerian | — | |
| partitive | Algeriaa | — | |
| illative | Algeriaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Algeria | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Algeria | — |
| gen. | Algerian | ||
| genitive | Algerian | — | |
| partitive | Algeriaa | — | |
| inessive | Algeriassa | — | |
| elative | Algeriasta | — | |
| illative | Algeriaan | — | |
| adessive | Algerialla | — | |
| ablative | Algerialta | — | |
| allative | Algerialle | — | |
| essive | Algeriana | — | |
| translative | Algeriaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Algeriatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Italian
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Etymology
From Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʾir, “the islands”), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.d͡ʒeˈri.a/, [äl̺ʲd͡ʒe̞ˈr̺iːä]
Audio (file) - Stress: Algerìa
- Hyphenation: Al‧ge‧ria
Derived terms
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