Algiers

From French Alger, from Arabic 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 Algeciras.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ælˈdʒɪə(ɹ)z/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ælˈd͡ʒiɹz/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z

Algiers

2. The capital and largest city of Algeria.
4. A province of Algeria.
6. (historical) 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.

• airlegs, largies, sea-girl

Algiers

1. Algiers (the capital and largest city of Algeria)

• Algierser

Algiers (attributive Algierse, not comparable)

1. of, from, or pertaining to the Algerian city Algiers or its inhabitants

Ultimately from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ɑlˈɣiːrs/

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• Hyphenation: Al‧giers
• Rhymes: -iːrs

Algiers n

1. Algiers (the capital and largest city of Algeria)