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ALGERIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (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)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants

Example:

Algerian towns

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

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)

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