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Algerian
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algerian
English
Pronunciation
en /ælˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.ən/ /ælˈd͡ʒɪɹi.ən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Algerian.wav Southern England
en ɪəɹiən ɪɹiən 4
Etymology 1
Président Ahmed Ben Bella.jpg en Algerian politician and revolutionary and first president of Algeria, Ben Balla.
en Algeria :af<ref:<<name:OED>>> Algeria -n 1
From en Algeria -n.OED
Noun
en <<c/Algeria>>; a person of Algerian citizenship, nationality or ancestry.
en 1977 w:Alistair Horne A Savage War of Peace New York Review Books 2006 197 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.
Wine produced in Algeria. from 1953 OED
Translations
person from Algeria
Afrikaans: af Algeriër, af Algeryn
Albanian: sq algjerian
Algerian Sign Language: asp
Arabic: ar جَزَائِرِيّ m, ar جَزَائِرِيَّة
Asturian: ast arxelín, ast arxelina
Azerbaijani: az əlcəzairli
Belarusian: be алжы́рац m, be алжы́рка f
Bulgarian: bg алжирец m, bg алжирка f
Catalan: ca algerià m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿爾及利亞人
Czech: cs Alžířan m, cs Alžířanka f
Danish: da algerier c
Dutch: nl Algerijn m, nl Algerijnse f
Esperanto: eo alĝeriano
Finnish: fi algerialainen
French: fr Algérien m, fr Algérienne f
Galician: gl alxeriano m
German: de Algerier m, de Algerierin f
Greek: el Αλγερινός m, el Αλγερινή f
Hindi: hi अल्जीरियाई m f
Hungarian: hu algériai
Icelandic: is Alsíringur m
Interlingua: ia algeriano
Italian: it algerino m, it algerina f
Japanese: ja アルジェリア人 arujeriajin
Kazakh: kk алжирлық
Korean: ko 알제리인, ko 알제리 사람
Kyrgyz: ky алжирлик
Macedonian: mk Алжирец m, mk Алжирка f
Maltese: mt Alġerjan m, mt Alġerjana f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb algerier m
Nynorsk: nn algeriar m
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Алжирец m, rsk Алжирка f
Persian: fa الجزایری aljazâyeri
Polish: pl Algierczyk m-pr, pl Algierka f
Portuguese: pt argelino m, pt argeliano m
Romanian: ro algerian m, ro algeriancă f, ro algeriană f
Russian: ru алжи́рец m, ru алжи́рка f
Serbo-Croatian: sh Alžírac m, sh Àlžīrka f
Slovak: sk Alžírčan m, sk Alžírčanka f, sk Alžírec m, sk Alžírka f
Slovene: sl Alžirec m, sl Alžirka f
Spanish: es argelino m, es argelina f
Swahili: sw Kialjeria, sw Kialjeri
Swedish: sv algerier m, sv algeriska f
Tajik: tg алҷазоирӣ
Turkish: tr Cezayirli
Ukrainian: uk алжи́рець m, uk алжи́рка f
Uzbek: uz jazoirlik
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Algeria, its people, or its culture.
en 2007-04-26 Janet Maslin Terrorists Reel in a Pawn From Small-Town Iraq w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/books/26masl.html (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.) https://web.archive.org/web/20210126214447/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/books/26masl.html 26 January 2021
Derived terms
en Algerianize Algerian fir Algerian ivy Algerian marsh owl Algerianness Algerian onyx Algerian sauce Algerian tea
Translations
of Algeria or its people
Afrikaans: af Algeries, af Algeryns
Albanian: sq algjerian
Algerian Sign Language: asp
Arabic: ar جَزَائِرِيّ
Armenian: hy ալժիրական
Asturian: ast arxelín
Azerbaijani: az əlcəzairli
Belarusian: be алжы́рскі m
Bulgarian: bg алжирски
Catalan: ca algerià
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 阿爾及利亞
Czech: cs alžírský m
Danish: da algerisk
Dutch: nl Algerijns
Esperanto: eo alĝeria
Finnish: fi algerialainen
French: fr algérien
Galician: gl alxeriano
German: de algerisch
Greek: el αλγερινός
Hebrew: he אלג׳ירי aljiri אַלְגִ'ירִי
Hindi: hi अल्जीरियाई, hi जज़ाइरी
Hungarian: hu algériai
Icelandic: is alsírskur m
Interlingua: ia algerian
Italian: it algerino m, it algerina f
Japanese: ja アルジェリア アルジェリアの Arujeria no
Kazakh: kk алжир
Khmer: km អាល់ហ្សេរី
Korean: ko 알제리 ^알제리-의
Kyrgyz: ky алжир
Macedonian: mk алжирски
Maltese: mt Alġerjani p
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb algerisk
Nynorsk: nn algerisk
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk алжирски
Persian: fa الجزایری aljazâyeri
Polish: pl algierski m
Portuguese: pt argelino, pt argeliano
Romanian: ro algerian
Russian: ru алжи́рский
Serbo-Croatian: sh àlžīrskī
Slovak: sk alžírsky
Slovene: sl alžirski
Spanish: es argelino
Swedish: sv algerisk
Tajik: tg алҷазоирӣ
Tatar: tt әлҗәзаир
Thai: th แอลจีเรีย
Ukrainian: uk алжи́рський m
Vietnamese: vi An-giê-ri
Etymology 2
en Algiers :af<ref:<<name:OED>>> Algiers<alt:Alger> -ian 1
From en Alger<t:Algiers> -ian.OED Algerian adj. & n. 1059269477 https://www.oed.com/dictionary/algerian_adj?tab=factsheet&tl=true September 2025 1
Noun
en historical en the <<province/Regency of Algiers>>, <<c/Ottoman Empire>>. from 1625 OED
en the <<city:pref/Algiers>>, <<capital>> of <<c/Algeria>>.
Translations
person from the Regency of Algiers
French: fr Algérien m, fr Algérienne f
person from the city of Algiers
French: fr Algérois m, fr Algéroise f
Portuguese: pt argelino m, pt argeliano m
Spanish: es argelino m, es argelina f
Adjective
en historical Of, from, or pertaining to the Regency of Algiers, its people, or its culture. from 1560 OED
Of, from, or pertaining to Algiers, its people, or its culture.
Translations
pertaining to the Regency of Algiers
French: fr algérien
pertaining to the city of Algiers
French: fr algérois
Portuguese: pt argelino, pt argeliano
Spanish: es argelino
See also
en Horatio Algerian
References
Anagrams
en aaegilnr Elgarian geranial regalian
en terms suffixed with -ian terms suffixed with -an
en Algeria Demonyms Nationalities
Finnish
Proper noun
fi proper noun form
fi Algeria gen s