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 Meaning of ALGERIA
| Pronunciation: |  | al'jeereeu 
 
 |  |  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | Africa, African country, African nation, Algerian, Algerian capital, Algiers, Arab League, OPEC, Oran, Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries |  |     |    |  |