FromFrenchAlger, fromArabicاَلْجَزَائِر(al-jazāʔir,“the islands”), plural ofجَزِيرَة(jazīra,“island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.Doublet ofAlgeria andAlgeciras.
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Algiers (attributiveAlgierse,notcomparable)
Ultimately fromArabicاَلْجَزَائِر(al-jazāʔir).Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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