Algiers
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Al·giers | \ al-ˈjirz 
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\Definition of Algiers
1 former Barbary State in northern Africa that is now Algeria
2 city, port on the
Bay of Algiers (an inlet of Mediterranean Sea) , and capital of Algeria population 1,365,400
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Algerine \ ˌal-jə-ˈrēn \ adjective or noun
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