1. Algeria - Noun
2. Algeria - Proper noun
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
Source: WordNetIf Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions. Abba Eban
The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years. Ahmed Ben Bella
Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there. Ahmed Ben Bella
Algeria was therefore only the beginning of something that was in development: this is why I say that it's the global capitalist system that finally reacted against us. Ahmed Ben Bella
Algeria is not breaking up. Ahmed Ben Bella
I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech. Ahmed Ben Bella