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Algeria

noun

a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s

• Syn: ↑Algerie, ↑Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria

• Derivationally related forms: ↑Algerian

• Members of this Region: ↑Armed Islamic Group, ↑GIA, ↑Salafist Group, ↑Salafast Group for Call and Combat, ↑GSPC

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑African country, ↑African nation

• Member Holonyms: ↑Arab League, ↑Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, ↑OPEC

• Part Holonyms: ↑Maghreb, ↑Mahgrib

• Member Meronyms: ↑Algerian

• Part Meronyms:

↑Algiers, ↑Algerian capital, ↑Annaba, ↑Batna, ↑Blida, ↑Oran, ↑Constantine, ↑Djanet, ↑Hippo, ↑Hippo Regius, ↑Reggane, ↑Timgad, ↑Timimoun, ↑Atlas Mountains

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Algeria [Algeria] [ælˈdʒɪəriə] [ælˈdʒɪriə] noun singular

a country in North Africa

Useful english dictionary. 2012.