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Algeria 		Al·ge·ri·a  audio 
(l-jîr-)  See the pronunciation key 

A country of northwest Africa bordering on the Mediterranean Sea. The region was settled c. 2000

b.c.

by Berber-speaking people and later formed a part of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman empires. Arab invaders in the seventh and eighth centuries introduced Islam and the Arabic language and culture. A French territory from 1848, Algeria gained its independence in 1962 after more than seven years of fighting. Algiers is the capital and the largest city. Population: 32,800,000.


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Al·geri·an(Adjective)(Noun)

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