Alger

• As an English surname, when pronounced with a soft g, from the Middle English personal name Alger, borrowed from Old French Aug(i)er, of Germanic origin, from *Adalgari, composed of *aþal (“noble”) + *gaiʀ (“spear”). Compare Auger.
• When pronounced with a hard g it is a variant of Algar. As a Scottish and English surname, it may be a variant of Algeo.

Alger

1. (rare) A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Elgar.
2. A surname.

• Alger County

• Agler, Elgar, Large, Ragle, ergal, glare, lager, large, regal

From Arabic الجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, literally “the islands”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əʎˈʒe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aʎˈd͡ʒeɾ]

Alger m

1. Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)

• algerí
• badia d'Alger
• meló d'Alger

• Algèria

• Hyphenation: Al‧ger

Alger

1. a male given name

Borrowed from French Alger.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɡer/, [ˈɑ̝lɡe̞r]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɡer
• Syllabification^(key): Al‧ger
• Hyphenation^(key): Al‧ger

Alger

1. Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic الدزَاير (al-dzayir), 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.

• IPA^(key): /al.ʒe/

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Alger f

1. Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)

• grêla
• large
• régal
• régla

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Alger

1. Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)

• algerian

Alger n (genitive Algers)

1. Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)

• lager, regla