ALGIERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Algiers mean? 

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

1. an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALGIERS (noun)

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 ("Algiers" 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)