Algeria
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 阿尔及利亚
构词拆分
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 借自 ←法语 Algérie
- 源自 ←arq الدزَاير
- 源自 ←阿拉伯语 اَلْجَزَائِر “the islands”
原始词根
阿拉伯语 ج ز ر
词源说明
From Alger + -ia, modified based on French Algérie, from the French Alger (“Algiers”) + -ie, from Algerian Arabic الدزَاير (ed-dzayer), from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”) (with elision of the first vowel), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers. Doublet of Algiers and Algeciras.
释义（英文）
专有名词 Proper noun
- A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. [from 1575]