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ALGERIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s

Synonyms:

Algeria; Algerie; Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Algeria"):

Atlas Mountains (a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia)

Timimoun (a town in central Algeria in the Atlas Mountains)

Timgad (an ancient town founded by the Romans; noted for extensive and well-preserved ruins)

Algerian capital; Algiers (an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria)

Annaba (a port city of northeastern Algeria near the Tunisian border)

Batna (a town in north central Algeria)

Blida (a city in northern Algeria at the foot of the Atlas Mountains to the southwest of Algiers)

Oran (a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city)

Constantine (a walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers; was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I)

Djanet (a desert town in southeastern Algeria)

Hippo; Hippo Regius (an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria)

Reggane (a town in central Algeria)

Meronyms (members of "Algeria"):

Algerian (a native or inhabitant of Algeria)

Domain member region:

GSPC; Salafast Group for Call and Combat; Salafist Group (an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa)

Armed Islamic Group; GIA (a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state)

Holonyms ("Algeria" is a part of...):

Maghreb; Mahgrib (the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia)

Holonyms ("Algeria" is a member of...):

Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)

OPEC; Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum)

Derivation:

Algerian (of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants)

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