algerian

/ælˈd͡ʒɪɹi.ən/

noun 4adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

former, intellectual, proud

VERB + ALGERIAN

am, boycott, hate, hates, lounes, name

ALGERIAN + NOUN

activist, army, author, authority, berber, elections, mohammed, officer

PREP.

Definitions

noun

A native or inhabitant of Algeria; a person of Algerian citizenship, nationality, or ancestry.

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.

Wine produced in Algeria.

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Algeria, its people, or its culture.

(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.)

noun

A native or inhabitant of the Regency of Algiers, Ottoman Empire.

A native or inhabitant of the city of Algiers, capital of Algeria.

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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.

Wiktionary

(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.)

Wiktionary

My wife is from Algeria. She is Algerian.

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Mohamed Dib is an Algerian author.

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Assia Djebar is an Algerian author.

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A city in the Algerian Sahara Desert has reported temperatures of 51.3 degrees Celsius.

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