Algerian
See also: algerian
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ælˈd͡ʒɪɹi.ən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Noun
editAlgerian (plural Algerians)
- A person from Algeria or of Algerian descent.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 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.
Translations
editperson from Algeria
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Adjective
editAlgerian (comparative more Algerian, superlative most Algerian)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Algeria or the Algerian people.
- 2007 April 26, Janet Maslin, “Terrorists Reel in a Pawn From Small-Town Iraq”, in The New York Times[1]:
- (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.)
Derived terms
editTranslations
editof Algeria or its people
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editProper noun
editAlgerian
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