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Algerie
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Algérie Algerië
Norwegian Bokmål
no
thumb|The flag of Algeria.
thumb|Algeria in Africa.
thumb|Camels in the Algerian Sahara.
Etymology
nb, based on nb fr Algérie Algeria, from fr Alger Algiers and the country-name suffix fr -ie country-name suffix. The city name is ultimately derived from nb ar اَلْجَزَائِر the islands, referring to four islands formerly lying off the city and later joined to the mainland.
Parallel international adaptations include nn Algerie, da Algeriet, sv Algeriet, de Algerien, nl Algerije and en Algeria.
Pronunciation
nb /¹al.ʃəˈriː/ [al.ʃəˈɾìː]
nb iː 3
nb Al ge rie
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Algeria; nb country r/North Africa cont/Africa, on the Mediterranean Sea, with Alger as its capital.
nb Sahara dekker store deler av Algerie. The Sahara covers large parts of Algeria.
nb 25 June 2026 Dag Leraand, Reidun Breivik Andersen and Maren Sæbø Algerie Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Algerie Algerie er en republikk i Nord-Afrika. Algeria is a republic in North Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20260917043307/https://snl.no/Algerie 17 September 2026
Usage notes
The official Norwegian long-form name is Den demokratiske folkerepublikk Algerie (“the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria”).
Related terms
nb algerier Algerian
nb algerisk Algerian
See also
References
“Algerie” in Store norske leksikon.
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Algeria Q262
Related terms
nn algeriar
nn algerisk