Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- The capital and largest city of Algeria, in the north on the Bay of Algiers, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea. An ancient North African port, Algiers was captured by French forces in 1830 and was later a pivotal center of the struggle for Algerian independence. Population: 1,980,000.
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- proper n. The capital of Algeria.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria
Etymologies
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ALGIERS: Security forces sealed off the medieval Casbah district of Algiers following two murders and reports that an armed group was hiding out in the area, reports said.
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ALGIERS - Two Moslem fundamentalist militants standing trial in a case focusing on the bombing of Algiers airport said that they had been tortured.
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ALGIERS - A man wanted over the kidnapping of three French consular officials in Algiers last October was killed in a shootout in the Algerian capital, state radio said.
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ALGIERS - A factory worker kidnapped by masked gunmen was found dead with his throat cut and five bullet wounds near his home in an Algiers suburb, APS news agency reported.
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ALGIERS - A special court sentenced seven Moslem fundamentalists to death for the attempted murder of a policeman, forming an armed group and damaging the security of the state, Algiers raido reported.
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ALGIERS - President Mahamane Ousmane, who won Niger's first free presidential election in April, left Algiers "satisfied" at the end of a two-day visit, the official news agency APS reported.
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ALGIERS - Suspected Moslem fundamentalists shot dead a prominent children's doctor inside an Algiers hospital, state media said.
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ALGIERS - An Algerian poet was found at home with his throat slit in a Moslem fundamentalist bastion east of Algiers, state-controlled radio reported.
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ALGIERS - Moslem fundamentalists ambushed and killed an Algerian state television journalist, the seventh local journalist to be slain in five months, Algiers radio reported.
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ALGIERS - Christians in Algeria, where foreigners have become targets of Moslem fundamentalist attack, had a bleak Christmas this year with armed police guarding the cathedral in Algiers and traditional midnight mass cancelled.
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