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Algeria

DEFINITIONS OF: Algeria

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n 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

Synonyms:
Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
Example of:
African country, African nation
any one of the countries occupying the African continent
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