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ALGERIAN CAPITAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Algerian capital mean? 

ALGERIAN CAPITAL (noun)
  The noun ALGERIAN CAPITAL has 1 sense:

1. an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeriaplay

  Familiarity information: ALGERIAN CAPITAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALGERIAN CAPITAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Algerian capital; Algiers

Instance hypernyms:

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Algerian capital" is a part of...):

Algeria; Algerie; Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria (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)


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