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Algeria

[ al-jeer-ee-uh ]

noun

  1. a republic in NW Africa: formerly comprised 13 departments of France; gained independence 1962. 919,352 sq. mi. (2,381,122 sq. km). : Algiers.


Algeria

/ æ±ôˈ»åÏôɪə°ùɪə /

noun

  1. a republic in NW Africa, on the Mediterranean: became independent in 1962, after more than a century of French rule; one-party constitution adopted in 1976; religious extremists led a campaign of violence from 1988 until 2000; consists chiefly of the N Sahara, with the Atlas Mountains in the north, and contains rich deposits of oil and natural gas. Official languages: Arabic and Berber; French also widely spoken. Religion: Muslim. Currency: dinar. Capital: Algiers. Pop: 38 087 812 (2013 est). Area: about 2 382 800 sq km (920 000 sq miles) French nameAlgériealʒeri
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Algeria

  1. Republic in northwest Africa , bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea , to the east by Tunisia and Libya , to the south by Niger and Mali , and to the west by Mauritania and Morocco . Its capital and largest city is Algiers .
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Notes

Colonized by France in the nineteenth century, Algeria was involved in a long and bloody battle for independence, gaining full autonomy in the early 1960s.
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Boualem Sansal was arrested last year after saying in an interview with a far-right French media outlet that, during the colonial era, France gave too much land to Algeria and too little to Morocco.

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The runaway princess befriended not seven dwarfs but 13 giants, 17 thieves or 40 dragons when she sought refuge in Spain, Belgium or Algeria.

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The Algeria winger slipped as he took a penalty and the ball hit his standing foot before looping into the net.

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The FLA accuse Malian forces and Wagner mercenaries of intercepting two passenger vehicles travelling to Algeria from the Malian city of Gao and killing the civilians on board, including women and children.

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He's referring to Imane Khelif, a cis woman from Algeria who has become the subject of a vicious international smear campaign by the right.

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