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ALGERIAN CAPITAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Algerian capital mean?
• ALGERIAN CAPITAL (noun)
The noun ALGERIAN CAPITAL has 1 sense:
1. an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria
Familiarity information: ALGERIAN CAPITAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Algerian capital; Algiers
Instance hypernyms:
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Algerian capital" is a part 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)
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