algeria
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1. 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 (noun.location)
part holonym | : | algerian capital, algiers, |
definition | : | an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | annaba, |
definition | : | a port city of northeastern Algeria near the Tunisian border (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | batna, |
definition | : | a town in north central Algeria (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | blida, |
definition | : | a city in northern Algeria at the foot of the Atlas Mountains to the southwest of Algiers (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | oran, |
definition | : | a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | constantine, |
definition | : | a walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers; was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | djanet, |
definition | : | a desert town in southeastern Algeria (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | hippo, hippo regius, |
definition | : | an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | reggane, |
definition | : | a town in central Algeria (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | timgad, |
definition | : | an ancient town founded by the Romans; noted for extensive and well-preserved ruins (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | timimoun, |
definition | : | a town in central Algeria in the Atlas Mountains (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | atlas mountains, |
definition | : | a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia (noun.object) |
part meronym | : | maghreb, mahgrib, |
definition | : | the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | algerian, |
definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Algeria (noun.person) |
member meronym | : | arab league, |
definition | : | an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | armed islamic group, gia, |
definition | : | a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state (noun.group) |
domain member region | : | gspc, salafast group for call and combat, salafist group, |
definition | : | an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa (noun.group) |
derivation | : | algerian, |
definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | algerian, |
definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants (adj.pert) |
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