proper noun/al.ʒe.ʁi/
Algeria (a country in North Africa; capital and largest city: Alger)
Related: guerre d'Algérie
Etymology tree Arabic جَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip. Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)bor. French Alger Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Middle French -ie French -ie French Algérie From Alger + -ie.