Alger

• As an English surname, when pronounced with a soft g, from the Middle English personal name Alger, borrowed from Old French Aug(i)er, of Germanic origin, from *Adalgari, composed of *aþal (“noble”) + *gaiʀ (“spear”). Compare Auger.
• When pronounced with a hard g it is a variant of Algar. As a Scottish and English surname, it may be a variant of Algeo.

Alger

1. (rare) A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Elgar.
2. A surname.

• Alger County

• Agler, Elgar, Large, Ragle, ergal, glare, lager, large, regal

From Arabic الجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, literally “the islands”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əʎˈʒe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aʎˈd͡ʒeɾ]

Alger m

1. Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)

• algerí
• badia d'Alger
• meló d'Alger

• Algèria

• Hyphenation: Al‧ger

Alger

1. a male given name

Borrowed from French Alger.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɡer/, [ˈɑ̝lɡe̞r]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɡer
• Syllabification^(key): Al‧ger
• Hyphenation^(key): Al‧ger

Alger

1. Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)

Borrowed from Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, literally “the islands”) (with elision of the first vowel), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.

• IPA^(key): /al.ʒe/

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Alger f

1. Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)
2. (historical) Algiers (a historical autonomous province and vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, located in what is now the country of Algeria, also called the Regency of Algiers)

• grêla
• large
• régal
• régla

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Alger

1. Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)

• algerian

Alger n (genitive Algers)

1. Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)

• lager, regla