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algiers
/ælˈd͡ʒiɹz/
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What does algiers mean?
proper noun
- The capital and largest city of Algeria.
- The Algerian government.
- A province of Algeria.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
- (historical) A historical autonomous province and vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, located in what is now the country of Algeria, also called the Regency of Algiers.
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/ælˈd͡ʒiɹz/
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In Algiers, the Kabyle peasant attaches a gourd, well fixed, to a tree, and places within it some rice.
The Swedish frigate which was to convey M. Skioldebrand to Algiers, was expected at Marseilles toward the end of October.
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As the party were steaming from Algiers to Toulon, a curious incident occurred.
The severities practised upon him are not so great as those resorted to by the proprietor of slaves in Algiers; but they are equally arbitrary and without appeal.
He records an original ballooning exploit, organised at Algiers, which one might have supposed would have caused a great sensation, and to which he himself had called public attention in the local journals.