Alger

Morpheme

Alger

Type

bound base

Denotation

the islands

Etymology

French Alger; Arabic al-jazāʔir, from jazīra

Evidence

Algeria, Algerian, Algerianize, Algerianized, Algerianizes, Algerianizing, Algerianness, algerine

Notes

Algeria, Algiers, and Algeciras are doublets

See Also

Algiers, Algeciras