Algiers

English

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر‎ (al-jazāʾir, “the islands”), plural of جَزِيرَة‎ (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ælˈdʒɪəz/
(US) IPA^(key): /ælˈdʒɪɹz/

Proper noun

Algiers

The capital of Algeria.

Translations

the capital of Algeria

Arabic: اَلْجَزَائِر‎‎ (al-jazāʾir)
Algerian Arabic: دزاير‎‎ (dzayer)

Egyptian Arabic: الجزاير‎‎ (el-gazāyer)
Armenian: Ալժիր (hy) (Alžir)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܙܐܝܪ‎‎
Azerbaijani: Əlcəzair (az)
Belarusian: Алжы́р m (Alžýr)
Bulgarian: Алжи́р m (Alžír)
Catalan: Alger m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿爾及爾 (zh), 阿尔及尔 (zh) (Ā'ěrjí'ěr)
Czech: Alžír (cs) m
Danish: Algier (da)
Dutch: Algiers (nl)
Esperanto: Alĝero (eo)
Finnish: Alger (fi)
French: Alger (fr)
German: Algier (de)
Greek: Αλγέρι n (Algéri)
Hebrew: אלג׳יר‎‎ (aljír)
Hungarian: Algír (hu)
Icelandic: Algeirsborg
Ido: Aljer (io)
Indonesian: Aljir
Irish: Cathair na hAilgéire f
Italian: Algeri (it)

Japanese: アルジェ (Aruje)
Kabyle: ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻ (Dzayer)
Korean: 알제 (Alje)
Latin: Algeria f
Latvian: Alžīra
Lithuanian: Alžyras (lt)
Macedonian: Алжир (mk) m (Alžir)
Maltese: Alġier
Navajo: Áljiis
Persian: الجزیره‎‎ (al-Jazire)
Polish: Algier (pl) m
Portuguese: Argel (pt) m
Romanian: Alger (ro)
Russian: Алжи́р (ru) m (Alžír)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Алжир m

Roman: Alžir (sh) m
Slovak: Alžír (sk) m
Spanish: Argel (es) m
Swedish: Alger
Tajik: Алҷазира (Aljazira)
Thai: แอลเจียร์ส (aaenjiiàt), อัลเจียร์ส (anjiiàt)
Turkish: Cezayir (tr)
Ukrainian: Алжи́р (uk) m (Alžýr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: אַלזשיר‎‎ (alzhir)

Anagrams

airlegs, largies

Dutch

Pronunciation

(Netherlands)
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Proper noun

Algiers n

Algiers

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