# Algeria

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ælˈdʒɪəɹiə/ · frequency rank #12,538

## Definitions
1. A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers.
2. A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers.
3. A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Arabic جَزَائِر بَنِي مَزْغَنَّى (jazāʔir banī mazḡannā)ellip.
Arabic الْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir)bor.
French Algerbor.
English Alger
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -iader.
English -ia
French Algérieinflu.
English Algeria
From Alger + -ia, modified based on French Algérie, from the French Alger (“Algiers”) + -ie, from Algerian Arabic الدزَاير (ed-dzayer), from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”) (with elision of the first vowel), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers. Doublet of Algiers and Algeciras.

## Easily confused with
- **Algerian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/algeria-vs-algerian)
- **Alger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alger-vs-algeria)
- **Alberta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alberta-vs-algeria)
- **algebra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/algebra-vs-algeria)

## Common misspellings (9)
`agleria`, `alegria`, `algeira`, `algerai`, `algerria`, `alggeria`, `algreia`, `allgeria`, `lageria`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/algeria