Algerian

[ al-jeer-ee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Algeria or its inhabitants.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Algeria.

Algerian

/ ælˈdʒɪərɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Algeria or its inhabitants

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Algeria

Other Words From

• an·ti-Al·ge·ri·an adjective noun
• pro-Al·ge·ri·an adjective noun
• trans-Al·ge·ri·an adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Algerian¹

First recorded in 1870–75; Algeri(a) + -an

Example Sentences

Forsyth’s novel, closely echoed in Fred Zinnemann’s 1973 film, was based in relatively current events, an assassination attempt on French president Charles de Gaulle by a veterans group disgruntled by Algerian independence.

From Los Angeles Times

Algerian Khelif and her Olympic association have always said she was born a woman and is a woman.

From BBC

For the first time, an Algerian author has won France’s top literary award, the Goncourt, with a searing account of his country’s 1990s civil war.

From BBC

The book has no Algerian publisher; the French publisher Gallimard has been excluded from the Algiers Book Fair, and news of Daoud’s Goncourt success has - a day on - still not been reported in the Algerian media.

From BBC

He is strongly critical of what he sees as the official “instrumentalisation” of the 1954-1962 war of independence against France; and of what he sees as the continuing subjugation of women in Algerian society.

From BBC