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Algeria, Algerie, Democratic And Popular Republic Of Algeria (noun)

a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim

  • Holonyms

    • Maghreb, Mahgrib
      the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia
    • Arab League
      an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation
    • Organization-of-petroleum-exporting-countries, OPEC
      an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum

  • Meronyms

    • Algiers, Algerian Capital
      an ancient port on the Mediterranean
    • Annaba
      a port city of northeastern Algeria near the Tunisian border
    • Batna
      a town in north central Algeria
    • Blida
      a city in northern Algeria at the foot of the Atlas Mountains to the southwest of Algiers
    • Oran
      a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city
    • Constantine
      a walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers
    • Djanet
      a desert town in southeastern Algeria
    • Hippo, Hippo Regius
      an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria
    • Reggane
      a town in central Algeria
    • Timgad
      an ancient town founded by the Romans
    • Timimoun
      a town in central Algeria in the Atlas Mountains
    • Atlas Mountains
      a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert
    • Algerian
      a native or inhabitant of Algeria

  • Derivationally Related Forms

    • Algerian
      of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants

Algeria

Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa.

Ifriqiya

In medieval history, Ifriqiya or Ifriqiyah was the area comprising the coastal regions of what are today western Libya, Tunisia, and eastern Algeria.

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