ALGERIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Algerian mean? 

• ALGERIAN (noun)
  The noun ALGERIAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Algeria

  Familiarity information: ALGERIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• ALGERIAN (adjective)
  The adjective ALGERIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants

  Familiarity information: ALGERIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALGERIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Algeria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Algerian" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

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

Algeria; Algerie; Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria (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)

Derivation:

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

• ALGERIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Algerian towns

Pertainym:

Algeria (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)

Derivation:

Algeria (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)

Algerian (a native or inhabitant of Algeria)