[al-jeerz] 
| 1. | a seaport in and the capital of Algeria, in the N part. 1,839,000. |
| 2. | one of the former Barbary States in N Africa: now modern Algeria. |
[al-jeer-ee-uh] | a republic in NW Africa: formerly comprised 13 departments of France; gained independence 1962. 29,830,370; 919,352 sq. mi. (2,381,122 sq. km). Capital: Algiers. |
| Al·giers (āl-jîrz') 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. |
Republic in northwest Africa, bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea, to the east by Tunisia and Libya, to the south by Niger and Mali, and to the west by Mauritania and Morocco. Its capital and largest city is Algiers.
Note: Colonized by France in the nineteenth century, Algeria was involved in a long and bloody battle for independence, gaining full autonomy in the early 1960s.
Capital of Algeria and largest city in the country, located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
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