algerian

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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9
Words With Friends
12
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8
Pronunciation
/ælˈd͡ʒɪɹi.ən/

Definition of algerian

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A native or inhabitant of Algeria; a person of Algerian citizenship, nationality, or ancestry.
    “It was a view that would not necessarily be shared by Algerians subjected to the gégène or having had their bellies pumped full of water during the Battle of Algiers.”
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noun

  1. A native or inhabitant of Algeria; a person of Algerian citizenship, nationality, or ancestry.
    “It was a view that would not necessarily be shared by Algerians subjected to the gégène or having had their bellies pumped full of water during the Battle of Algiers.”
  2. Wine produced in Algeria.
  3. (historical)A native or inhabitant of the Regency of Algiers, Ottoman Empire.
  4. A native or inhabitant of the city of Algiers, capital of Algeria.

adj

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Algeria, its people, or its culture.
    “(Yasmina Khadra is a female pseudonym for a former Algerian army officer, Mohammed Moulessehoul, who lives in France and whose work has once again been overheatedly translated by John Cullen.)”
  2. (historical)Of, from, or pertaining to the Regency of Algiers, its people, or its culture.
  3. Of, from, or pertaining to Algiers, its people, or its culture.

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Etymology

Algerian politician and revolutionary and first president of Algeria, Ben Balla. Etymology tree Arabic جَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip. Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)bor. French Algerbor. English Alger Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia ▲ French Algérieinflu. English Algeria Middle English -n English -n English Algerian From Algeria + -n.

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